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Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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I have this almost pathological fear of boring the reader.
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I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
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For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on behalf of Afghanistan on certain issues that I feel are important, particularly the issue of Afghan refugees.
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A pathetic shadow, torn between her envy and thrill of being seen with Masomma, sharing in the attention as a weed would, lapping up water meant for the lily upstream.
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You say their stories, it is gift they give you.
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That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep.
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Now, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.
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When you have lived as long as I have, the div replied, you find that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same color.
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I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of their story has been told by one of their own. So, for the most part, I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of my fellow Afghans.
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Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.
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There will be no floating waway. There will be no other reality tonight.
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In the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. Like an art lover running out of a burning museum, she would grab whatever she could--a look, a whisper, a moan--to salvage from perishing to preserve. But time is the most unforgiving of fires, and she couldn't, in the end, save it all.
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Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.
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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!
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Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies.
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I don't know what this feather means, the story of it, but I know it means he was thinking of me. For all these years. He remembered me.
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