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I've read that if an avalanche buries you and you're lying there underneath all that snow, you can't tell which way is up or down. You want to dig yourself out but pick the wrong way, and you dig yourself to your own demise.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
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Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period.
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A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.
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It is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.
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Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
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You say their stories, it is gift they give you.
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I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on.
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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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The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.
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I started a foundation, called The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The mission has been to help the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan. So the focus has been on women, children, and homeless refugees, most of whom are in fact women and children.
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Kabul was very popular with the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. It was very quiet and peaceful.
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You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.
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The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.
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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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