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I think novelists, when they write their books, end up having occasionally serving a purpose and playing roles that they never really fully either intended or even understood.
Khaled Hosseini
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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone.
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Gone. Vanished. Nothing left. Nothing said.
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