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Khaled Hosseini Quotes

All stories I write are compulsive. Anything I’ve ever written was because I don’t have a choice. I write stories because I can’t wait to tell it, I can’t wait to see how it ends Picture Quote #1

Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors Picture Quote #1

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions Picture Quote #1

I’m a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things Picture Quote #1

$I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on Picture Quote #1$

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history Picture Quote #1

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For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture Picture Quote #1

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift Picture Quote #1

In many parts of the world, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create Picture Quote #1

I don’t outline at all; I don’t find it useful, and I don’t like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way Picture Quote #1

Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always Picture Quote #1

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime Picture Quote #1

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All my life, I’d been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman Picture Quote #1

I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night Picture Quote #1

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth Picture Quote #1

Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone Picture Quote #1

And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too Picture Quote #1

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 room for you Picture Quote #1

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It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place Picture Quote #1

And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a person of consequence at last Picture Quote #1

A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth Picture Quote #1

I didn’t remember what month that was, or what year even. I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become Picture Quote #1

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting Picture Quote #1

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Sometimes the shifting of rocks is deep, deep below, and it’s powerful and scary down there, but that all we feel on the surface is a slight tremor. Only a slight tremor Picture Quote #1

As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling Picture Quote #1

He knew I’d seen everything in that alley, that I’d stood there and done nothing. He knew that I’d betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time Picture Quote #1

When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness Picture Quote #1

It’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out Picture Quote #1

The impact had cut your upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip Picture Quote #1

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All stories I write are compulsive. Anything I’ve ever written was because I don’t have a choice. I write stories because I can’t wait to tell it, I can’t wait to see how it ends (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I’m a pretty uncomplicated person. I live a very simple life with my family and I enjoy very ordinary things (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) In many parts of the world, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I don’t outline at all; I don’t find it useful, and I don’t like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) All my life, I’d been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Perhaps this is just punishment for those who have been heartless, to understand only when nothing can be undone (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) 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 room for you (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had love and been loved back. she was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. a mother. a person of consequence at last (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I didn’t remember what month that was, or what year even. I only knew the memory lived in me, a perfectly encapsulated morsel of a good past, a brushstroke of color on the gray, barren canvas that our lives had become (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Sometimes the shifting of rocks is deep, deep below, and it’s powerful and scary down there, but that all we feel on the surface is a slight tremor. Only a slight tremor (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) He knew I’d seen everything in that alley, that I’d stood there and done nothing. He knew that I’d betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) It’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) The impact had cut your upper lip in two, he had said, clean down the middle. Clean down the middle. Like a harelip (Khaled Hosseini Quotes)

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