She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.
KHALED HOSSEINIYou’re gutless. It’s how you were made. And that’s not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you’ve never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is God help him.
More Khaled Hosseini Quotes
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I learned that the world didn’t see the inside of you, that it didn’t care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.
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Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.
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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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But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
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It’s tremendous what can happen when suddenly you make an emotional connection.
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But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
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In many parts of the world, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.
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War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world.
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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.
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Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.
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You can not stop you from being who you are.
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Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock.
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It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.
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Some stories don’t need telling.
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