Heart Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her.

— Khaled Hosseini

“She shook the dice in her hands, seemed to reconsider.”

— Khaled Hosseini

She thought of Aziza's stutter, and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes…

— Khaled Hosseini

“could unsheathe from her arsenal a mockingly grave way of talking about things she found either portentous or frivolous. She could shrink…

— Khaled Hosseini

Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for most part has been unkind to her. But…

— Khaled Hosseini

“On a high mountain I stood, And cried the name of Ali, Lion of God. O Ali, Lion of God, King of…

— Khaled Hosseini

They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the…

— Khaled Hosseini

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a…

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she held her breath, and in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second she didn’t breathe, God would grant…

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“Mariam always held her breath as she watched him go. She held her breath and, in her head, counted seconds. She pretended…

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At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the…

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Then I think of all the tricks, all the minutes all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting…

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“she had hang up knowing that for the rest of her life it would slam into her at random moments, the guilt,…

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She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach…

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“I had always pictured her living a tumultuous, wayward life, hard years of bad luck-fits and starts,collapse,regret-and ill advised, desperate love affairs.…

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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

Laila remembered Mammy telling Babi once that she had married a man who had no convictions. Mammy didn't understand. She didn't understand…

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“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

What was I supposed to be, growing in your womb -- assuming it was even in our womb that I was conceived?…

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At the door , she made him promise to go without goodbyes .She closed the door on him . Laila leaned her…

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As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I…

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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…

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“I was not altogether surprised to learn that she had taken her own life. I know now that some people feel unhappiness…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she…

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“She was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family,…

— Khaled Hosseini