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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.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thous didst it of thine obstinacy. For I sought to turn thee unto love, and I implored of thee thy name, for I thought to behold in thee the tokens recounted of my mother. But I appealed unto thy heart in vain, and now is the time gone for meeting.
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