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I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
Medical Writer
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
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I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.
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But then it passed, as all things do.
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I guess some stories do not need telling.
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