The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
KHALED HOSSEINII laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a robot had rolled on the surface of Mars, and in Afghanistan we were still telling Mullah Nasruddin jokes.
More Khaled Hosseini Quotes
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I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.
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Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.
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She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.
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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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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.
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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.
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But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
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And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
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A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
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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.
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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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War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
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Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.
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Some stories don’t need telling.
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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
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