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… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“On a high mountain I stood, And cried the name of Ali, Lion of God. O Ali, Lion of God, King of… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
She wished she could visit Mariam's grave, to sit with her awhile, leave a flower or two. But she sees now that… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Then I think of all the tricks, all the minutes all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thou didst it… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived?… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
At the door , she made him promise to go without goodbyes .She closed the door on him . Laila leaned her… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“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… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“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.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“I pray. I pray that my sins have not caught up with me the way I'd always feared they would.” — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“shoes: that putting them on a bed invited death into the family, that a quarrel would follow if one put on the left shoe… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Throughout the last century there were multiple attempts at giving Afghan women more autonomy, to change marriage laws, to abolish the practice of bride… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“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… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
