War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
KHALED HOSSEINII have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person’s heart.
More Khaled Hosseini Quotes
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I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.
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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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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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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
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It’s a funny thing… but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they’re afraid of. What they don’t want.
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Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
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You’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.
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Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.
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I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.
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Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
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But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.
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She was the trembler of knees, the spiller of teacups.
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I think novelists, when they write their books, end up having occasionally serving a purpose and playing roles that they never really fully either intended or even understood.
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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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Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.
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