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 HOSSEINIWar doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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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For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.
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She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.
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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
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The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
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But then it passed, as all things do.
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True redemption is when guilt leads to good.
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There is only one sin. and that is theft. When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
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There is a way to be good again.
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You can not stop you from being who you are.
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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.
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Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.
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Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything
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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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But it is important to know this, to know your roots. To know where you started as a person. If not, your own life seems unreal to you. Like a puzzle. Vous comprenez? Like you have missed the beginning of a story and now you are in the middle of it, trying to understand.
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