Khaled Hosseini quotes

There is a way to be good again. (Khaled Hosseini)
Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. View quote
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The Chinese say it is better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one. View quote
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I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night. View quote
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War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace. View quote
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In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things. View quote
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I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But I didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran. View quote
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That was a long time ago, but 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. View quote
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I know you're still young, but I want you to understand and learn this now, he said. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very, very bright girl. Truly, you are. You can be anything you want, Laila I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over, Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila No chance. -Babi. View quote
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If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar. View quote
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A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer. (Khaled Hosseini)
Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. View quote
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People say that eyes are windows to the soul. View quote
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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. View quote
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Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself. View quote
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But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. View quote
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Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. View quote
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He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity. View quote
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There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood. View quote
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For you, a thousand times over. View quote
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A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you. (Khaled Hosseini)
Marriage can wait, education cannot. View quote
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Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun. View quote
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All good things in life are fragile and easily lost. View quote
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Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth. View quote
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