--- title: "10 Flying Kite Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Flying Kite quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Flying Kite sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/khaled-hosseini-251_flying_flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-th_1753725.png" --- > [ \[Flying kite with my friends\] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-the-seminal-memories-of-growing/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/khaled-hosseini-251_flying_flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-th_1753725.png) > [Flying a kite after your teens is like flying through a time tunnel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-flying-through-a-time-tunnel/) [Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/jean-paul-malfatti-3314_flying_flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-f_1186256.jpg) > [How can rogue terrorists in Iraq detonate bombs? They're all too busy flying kites with their children! Hasn't \[Katrina vanden Heuvel (Queen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/how-can-rogue-terrorists-in-iraq-detonate-bombs-they-re-all-too-busy/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/ann-coulter-469_bombs_how-can-rogue-terrorists-in-iraq-detonat_470940.png) > [I spent a lot of winters in my childhood flying kites with my brother, with my cousins, with friends in the neighborhood.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/i-spent-a-lot-of-winters-in-my-childhood-flying-kites-with-my-brother/) [Khaled Hosseini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khaled-hosseini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/khaled-hosseini-251_brother_i-spent-a-lot-of-winters-in-my-childhood_2059818.png) > [I have a lot of fond memories with my friends in Rio de Janeiro. Every day a part of my time was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinicius-junior/i-have-a-lot-of-fond-memories-with-my-friends-in-rio-de-janeiro-every/) [Vinicius Junior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vinicius-junior/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/vinicius-junior-5939_day_i-have-a-lot-of-fond-memories-with-my-fr_805442.jpg) > [“Life is much like flying a Kite, you never know what direction the wind is going to blow and how many twists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-t-paulsen/life-is-much-like-flying-a-kite-you-never-know-what-direction-the/) Eric T. Paulsen [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/eric-t-paulsen-236320_kite_life-is-much-like-flying-a-kite-you-neve_342698.jpg) > [I went to the park and saw this kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I don't know why, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-hedberg/i-went-to-the-park-and-saw-this-kid-flying-a-kite-the-kid-was-really/) [Mitch Hedberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-hedberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/mitch-hedberg-695_chairs_i-went-to-the-park-and-saw-this-kid-flyi_1799283.jpg) > [I wanted to really just understand... how could a whole generation of children who were just children at the time - boys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-leunens/i-wanted-to-really-just-understand-how-could-a-whole-generation-of/) [Christine Leunens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-leunens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37a/christine-leunens-30972_children_i-wanted-to-really-just-understand-how-c_3003778.jpg) > [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) > [Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words. Careful with fire, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-carleton/boys-flying-kites-haul-in-their-white-winged-birds-you-can-t-do-that/) [Will Carleton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-carleton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/will-carleton-28487_advice_boys-flying-kites-haul-in-their-white-wi_396310.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flying-kite/#itemlist", "name": "Flying Kite Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khaled Hosseini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khaled-hosseini/flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-the-seminal-memories-of-growing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/khaled-hosseini-251_flying_flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-th_1753725.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/khaled-hosseini-251_flying_flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-th_1753725.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/khaled-hosseini-251_flying_flying-kite-with-my-friends-is-one-of-th_1753725.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Flying kite with my friends] is one of the seminal memories of growing up for me.” — Khaled Hosseini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Flying a kite after your teens is like flying through a time tunnel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Paul Malfatti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-flying-through-a-time-tunnel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/jean-paul-malfatti-3314_flying_flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-f_1186256.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/jean-paul-malfatti-3314_flying_flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-f_1186256.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/jean-paul-malfatti-3314_flying_flying-a-kite-after-your-teens-is-like-f_1186256.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Flying a kite after your teens is like flying through a time tunnel.” — Jean-Paul Malfatti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How can rogue terrorists in Iraq detonate bombs? 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It was a story about the Taliban and the restrictions they were imposing on the Afghan people, most notably women. At some point in the story, there was a casual reference to them having banned the game of kite fighting. 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