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The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.
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At last, she makes her choice. She turns around, drops her head, and walks toward a horizon she cannot see. After that, she does not look back anymore. She knows that if she does, she will weaken.
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these random unkind moment that catch you wen you least expect them.
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