War Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.

— Khaled Hosseini

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.

— 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,…

— Khaled Hosseini

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba

— Khaled Hosseini

“Kabul fell prey to men who looked like they had tumbled out of their mothers with Kalashnikov in hand...”

— Khaled Hosseini

I laughed. Partly at the joke, partly at how Afghan humor never changed. Wars were waged, the Internet was invented, and a…

— Khaled Hosseini

I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported…

— Khaled Hosseini

Equally important is the lack of cultivable land for farmers, a profound problem when you take into account that Afghanistan has always…

— Khaled Hosseini

At least, it is encouraging to me that President [Barack] Obama has put Afghanistan front and center in this broader so-called War…

— Khaled Hosseini

Inside Laila too a battle was being waged : guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and, on the other, the conviction…

— Khaled Hosseini

For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that…

— Khaled Hosseini

Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what…

— Khaled Hosseini

“He scarcely knew who was battling whom, who was winning, who was losing, as though he hoped that by doggedly ignoring the…

— Khaled Hosseini

[Barack Obama] is sending more troops [to Afghanistan], but they have also realized that we are not going to win that war…

— Khaled Hosseini

When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming…

— Khaled Hosseini

The truth is that no one who hasn't actually experienced the senseless chaos and violence of combat can possibly understand it, but…

— Khaled Hosseini

I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a…

— Khaled Hosseini

“war. Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts…

— Khaled Hosseini

The warlords took part in atrocities during the civil war in Afghanistan. They looted, they raped, they killed. They have become incredibly…

— Khaled Hosseini

“That summer, Titanic fever gripped Kabul. People smuggled pirated copies of the film from Pakistan- sometimes in their underwear. After curfew, everyone…

— Khaled Hosseini

I have very fond memories of my childhood in Afghanistan, largely because my memories, unlike those of the current generation of Afghans,…

— Khaled Hosseini

Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant…

— Khaled Hosseini

“The lucky ones, the ones who weren't here when the place was getting bombed to hell. We're not like these people. We…

— Khaled Hosseini

“But Mariam hardly noticed, hardly cared...the future did not matter. And the past held only this wisdom: that Love was a damaging…

— Khaled Hosseini