--- title: "13 Afghan Quotes By Khaled Hosseini" description: "13 Afghan quotes by Khaled Hosseini. Plus more from Khaled Hosseini and more Afghan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-su_2157911.png" --- > [Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-suffering-has-been-equaled-by/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-su_2157911.png) > [We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-empower-women-and-children-in/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-em_405979.png) > [“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-marked-by-death-and-loss-and/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-m_3204783.png) > [I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-m-sorry-laila-says-marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-marked-by/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_i-m-sorry-laila-says-marveling-at-how-ev_2884466.png) > [I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-wanted-to-write-about-afghanistan-before-the-soviet-war-because/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_i-wanted-to-write-about-afghanistan-befo_450426.png) > [Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/without-women-taking-an-active-role-in-afghan-society-rebuilding/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/khaled-hosseini-251_active_without-women-taking-an-active-role-in-a_2688673.png) > [I have been involved with the UN refugee agency for a few years now, and we have done events to speak about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-have-been-involved-with-the-un-refugee-agency-for-a-few-years-now/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_i-have-been-involved-with-the-un-refugee_1986490.png) > [The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/the-taliban-s-acts-of-cultural-vandalism-the-most-infamous-being-the/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_the-taliban-s-acts-of-cultural-vandalism_1525287.jpg) > [In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/in-afghan-society-parents-play-a-central-role-in-the-lives-of-their/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfe/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_in-afghan-society-parents-play-a-central_1000220.png) > [For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/for-a-novelist-it-s-kind-of-an-onerous-burden-to-represent-an-entire/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_for-a-novelist-it-s-kind-of-an-onerous-b_698374.png) > [In early 1999, I was watching TV, when I came across a story on Afghanistan. It was a story about the Taliban…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/in-early-1999-i-was-watching-tv-when-i-came-across-a-story-on/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_in-early-1999-i-was-watching-tv-when-i-c_1781435.jpg) > [We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/we-stayed-huddled-that-way-until-the-early-hours-of-the-morning-the/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_we-stayed-huddled-that-way-until-the-ear_2187692.jpg) > [Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/throughout-the-last-century-there-were-multiple-attempts-at-giving/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3a/khaled-hosseini-251_abolish_throughout-the-last-century-there-were-m_39166.png) ## Other authors on Afghan ## More by Khaled Hosseini > [“Winter was every kid’s favorite season in Kabul, at least those whose fathers could afford to buy a good iron stove. The reason was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/winter-was-every-kid-s-favorite-season-in-kabul-at-least-those-whose/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“Their fights didn’t so much end as dissipate, like a drop of ink in a bowl of water, with a residual taint that lingered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/their-fights-didn-t-so-much-end-as-dissipate-like-a-drop-of-ink-in-a/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-think-that-everything-he-did-feeding-the-poor-giving-money-to/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/it-always-falls-on-the-sober-to-pay-for-the-sins-of-the-drunk/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/mariam-knew-that-life-for-the-most-part-had-been-unkind-to-her-but-as/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“I pray. I pray that my sins have not caught up with me the way I'd always feared they would.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-pray-i-pray-that-my-sins-have-not-caught-up-with-me-the-way-i-d/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“shoes: that putting them on a bed invited death into the family, that a quarrel would follow if one put on the left shoe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/shoes-that-putting-them-on-a-bed-invited-death-into-the-family-that-a/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-have-a-theory-about-marriage-monsieur-boustouler-and-it-s-that/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don't like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/the-short-of-it-is-as-an-aspiring-writer-there-is-nothing-as-damaging/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/throughout-the-last-century-there-were-multiple-attempts-at-giving/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/at-that-moment-she-cannot-think-of-a-more-reckless-irrational-thing/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“He says this is war. There is no shame in war. Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/he-says-this-is-war-there-is-no-shame-in-war-tell-him-he-s-wrong-war/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that Afghans had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/for-many-people-in-the-west-afghanistan-is-synonymous-with-the-soviet/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [Educate yourself, learn about what refugees face when they don't have homes, after they have lost everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/educate-yourself-learn-about-what-refugees-face-when-they-don-t-have/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) > [“Rahim Khan laughed. “Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/rahim-khan-laughed-children-aren-t-coloring-books-you-don-t-get-to/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghan/khaled-hosseini/#itemlist", "name": "13 Afghan Quotes By Khaled Hosseini", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khaled Hosseini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-suffering-has-been-equaled-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-su_2157911.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-su_2157911.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_afghan-women-as-a-group-i-think-their-su_2157911.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world…” — Khaled Hosseini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in the Bay Area.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khaled Hosseini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-empower-women-and-children-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-em_405979.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-em_405979.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_we-will-also-be-funding-projects-that-em_405979.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give…” — Khaled Hosseini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khaled Hosseini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-marked-by-death-and-loss-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-m_3204783.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-m_3204783.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/khaled-hosseini-251_afghan_marveling-at-how-every-afghan-story-is-m_3204783.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief.” — Khaled Hosseini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm sorry,\" Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. 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