Khaled Hosseini quotes - page 3

Laila: Tell your secrets to the wind but don't blame it for telling the trees. (Khaled Hosseini)
He stopped, turned. He cupped his hands around his mouth. ''For you a thousand times over!'' he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner. View quote
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I don't know what this feather means, the story of it, but I know it means he was thinking of me. For all these years. He remembered me. View quote
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If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork. View quote
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And one more thing... You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab. View quote
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Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who always knew what you needed. View quote
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After everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life; one disappointing son and two suitcases. View quote
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It was you Nabi. It was always you. Didn't you know? View quote
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If I ever do get married," Tariq said, "they'll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head. View quote
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It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out. View quote
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Tariq: Who's going to tell her? You? (Khaled Hosseini)
But that's what I'm saying to you... That there are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them. View quote
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Tariq (meeting Laila after ten years): It's good to see you, Laila. View quote
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Mariam: I can't beleive what you are now, if you were a Benz before. View quote
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It wasn't easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid. And Mariam was afraid. View quote
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I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least I could have done was to have the decency to have turned out a little more like him. View quote
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Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again! View quote
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Is this about you and Hassan? I know there's something going on between you two, but whatever it is, you have to deal with it, not me. I'm staying out of it. View quote
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I dream of you too, Mariam jo. I miss you. I miss the sound of your voice, your laughter. I miss reading to you, and all the times we fished together. Do you remember all the times we fished together? You were a good daughter, Mariam jo, and I cannot ever think of you without feeling shame and regret. -Jalil's letter. View quote
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I am tired and I am dying, and I want to be merciful. I want to forgive you. But when God summons me and says, But it wasn't for you to forgive, Mullah, what shall I say? View quote
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Mullah Faizullah: It wasn't your fault, Mariam. Don't think this way. This will destroy you, my girl. It wasn't your fault. (Khaled Hosseini)
Mariam: No, it is fair. I killed our husband, Laila. I deprived your son of a father. Even if we escape, I...I won't be able to look at him without shame. No, it's my fault. Take care, Laila jo. View quote
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a gold pendent with stars and moons hanging from it. View quote
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They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind. View quote
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One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls. View quote
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