Quotes from Khaled Hosseini

Forse non è giusto, ma ciò che succede in pochi giorni, a volte un solo giorno, può cambiare un'intera vita, Amir.

The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one." Mariam gave a half smile. "It's a good saying.

The poems of Khalili, Pajwak, Ansari, Haji Dehqan, Ashraqi, Beytaab, Hafez, Jami, Nizami, Rumi, Khayyám, Beydel, and more went up in smoke.

Nici c-ai putea sa socotesti acele luni ce-i stralucesc/pe acoperisuri/Sau miile de sori splendizi ce i se ascund pe dupa ziduri./

Les enfants ne sont pas des livres de coloriage. Tu ne peux pas les peindre avec tes couleurs préférées.

Dan itulah yang dilakukan oleh orang-orang yang serius dengan setiap ucapannya. Mereka menganggap orang lain juga begitu.

Eres un hombre honorable, Amir agha. Un verdadero afgano. —Me encogí interiormente—. Me siento orgulloso de hospedarte esta noche en mi casa —dijo Wahid.

At the height of the exodus, as many as eight million Afghans were living abroad as refugees. Today, more than two million Afghan refugees remain in Pakistan.

it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place. But

Zendagi migzara. Life goes on.

Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly. Let the morning sun forget to rise in the east, Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly.

Nul ne pourrais compter les lunes qui luisent sur ses toits Ni les mille soleils splendides qui se cachent derrière ses murs.

Kata orang, mata adalah jendela jiwa.

La beauté est un don du ciel énorme, immérité, accordé de manière aléatoire et stupide.

Learn this now and learn it well my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

The messenger who came with the news, he said that when they brought the boys back to camp, Ahmad Shah Massoud personally oversaw the burial. He said a prayer for them at the gravesite. That's the kind of brave young men your brothers were, Laila, that Commander Massoud himself, the Lion of Panjshir, God bless him, would oversee their burial.

soon after we arrived in the U.S., Baba started grumbling about American flies. He'd sit at the kitchen table with his flyswatter, watch the flies darting from wall to wall, buzzing here, buzzing there, harried and rushed. In this country, even flies are pressed for time, he'd groan.

Tapi seperti kata sang penyair; saat cinta menggoda, masalah pun tiba!

people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

Boys. . .didn't make a show of friendship. They felt no urge, no need. . .boys. . .treated friendship the way they treated the sun: it's existence undisputed, it's radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly

All her life, Parwana had made sure to avoid standing in front of a mirror with her sister [...] But in public, every stranger's eye was a mirror. There was no escape

Notaba el frío del suelo bajo los pies descalzos y, de pronto, por primera vez desde que habíamos cruzado la frontera, sentí que estaba de vuelta en casa. Después de todos aquellos años, estaba de nuevo en casa, pisando la tierra de mis antepasados.

I wondered when I had forgotten that, despite everything, he was still just a child.

You'll have others, Inshalla. You're young. Surely you'll have many other chances. But Mariam's grief wasn't aimless or unspecific. Mariam grieved for this baby, this particular child, who had made her so happy for a while.