"Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the……" — Khaled Hosseini
"Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly."
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270 Quotes by Khaled Hosseini
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