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I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner].

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Khaled Hosseini
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 4
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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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Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.
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It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.
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cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour.
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And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.
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In 2004, I took a one year sabbatical to finish my second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. At the end of that year, I was not done with my book, and had to in effect resign from work. I did. I never went back.
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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.
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I found a sad little fairy Beneath the shade of a paper tree. I know a sad little fairy Who was blown away by the wind one night.
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I was overwhelmed with the kindness of people [in Afghanistan] and found that they had managed to retain their dignity, their pride, and their hospitality under unspeakably bleak conditions.
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In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
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The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again.
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