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Khaled Hosseini Quotes

You say you felt a presence, but I only sensed an absence. A vague pain without a source. I was like a patient who cannot tell the doctor where it hurts, only that it does Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what this feather means, the story of it, but I know it means he was thinking of me. For all these years. He remembered me Picture Quote #1

I want to give up my bearings, slip out of who I am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin Picture Quote #1

Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what his father had once said about being a war hero: one you became one, you died one Picture Quote #1

Hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon Picture Quote #1

A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope Picture Quote #1

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Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency Picture Quote #1

Now, especially in public places, you always have that unease. When the children were cast, if I thought that they might be victims of violence because of participating in this movie, we would have chosen children from outside this country Picture Quote #1

Don’t be afraid to tell the truth. It’s better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies Picture Quote #1

The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don’t like to read Picture Quote #1

One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I’d just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn’t have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples Picture Quote #1

You’re gutless. It’s how you were made. And that’s not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you’ve never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him Picture Quote #1

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I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away Picture Quote #1

She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion, he would resolve with punches, slaps, kicks, and sometimes try to make amends for with polluted apologies, and sometimes not Picture Quote #1

She passed these years in a distant corner of her mind. A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream and disillusionment. There, the future did not matter. And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and it accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion Picture Quote #1

She is furious with herself for her own stupidity. Opening herself up like this, voluntarily, to a lifetime of worry and anguish. It was madness. Sheer lunacy. A spectacularly foolish and baseless faith, against enormous odds, that a world you do not control will not take from you the one thing you cannot bear to lose. Faith that the world will not destroy you Picture Quote #1

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

Tell your secrets to the wind but don’t blame it for telling the trees Picture Quote #1

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War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace Picture Quote #1

I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver Picture Quote #1

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You say you felt a presence, but I only sensed an absence. A vague pain without a source. I was like a patient who cannot tell the doctor where it hurts, only that it does (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I don’t know what this feather means, the story of it, but I know it means he was thinking of me. For all these years. He remembered me (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I want to give up my bearings, slip out of who I am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what his father had once said about being a war hero: one you became one, you died one (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Now, especially in public places, you always have that unease. When the children were cast, if I thought that they might be victims of violence because of participating in this movie, we would have chosen children from outside this country (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Don’t be afraid to tell the truth. It’s better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) The short of it is, as an aspiring writer, there is nothing as damaging to your credibility as saying that you don’t like to read (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I’d just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn’t have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) You’re gutless. It’s how you were made. And that’s not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you’ve never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion, he would resolve with punches, slaps, kicks, and sometimes try to make amends for with polluted apologies, and sometimes not (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) She passed these years in a distant corner of her mind. A dry, barren field, out beyond wish and lament, beyond dream and disillusionment. There, the future did not matter. And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and it accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) She is furious with herself for her own stupidity. Opening herself up like this, voluntarily, to a lifetime of worry and anguish. It was madness. Sheer lunacy. A spectacularly foolish and baseless faith, against enormous odds, that a world you do not control will not take from you the one thing you cannot bear to lose. Faith that the world will not destroy you (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) Tell your secrets to the wind but don’t blame it for telling the trees (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) War doesn’t negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace (Khaled Hosseini Quotes) I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver (Khaled Hosseini Quotes)

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