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- Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal,… — Salman Rushdie
- I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she… — Khaled Hosseini
- Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld… — Khaled Hosseini
- Tariq tucked the gun into the waist of his denims. Then he said a thing both lovely and terrible. "For you," he… — Khaled Hosseini
- But Laila has decided that she will not be crippled by resentment. Mariam wouldn’t want it that way. ‘What’s the sense?’ she… — Khaled Hosseini
- Her beauty was the talk of the valley.It skipped two generations of women in our family, but it sure didn't bypass you,… — 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… — Khaled Hosseini
- Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that’s all she can do. That and hope. — Khaled Hosseini
- Then I think of all the tricks, all the minutes all the hours and days and weeks and months and years waiting… — Khaled Hosseini
- You changed the subject." "From what?" "The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy." "You know." "Know what?" "That I only have eyes… — 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
- But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her — Khaled Hosseini