913 Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

I’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!

Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head.

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir

Mamà believed in loyalty above all, even at the cost of self-denial. She also believed it was always best to tell the truth, to tell it plainly, without fanfare, and the more disagreeable the truth, the sooner you had to tell it.

They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind. - Nabi

Mother is fading for him, her face receding into shadows, her memory diminishing with each passing day, leaking like sand from a fist.

I watch because of that look of acceptance in the animal’s eyes. Absurdly, I imagine the animal understands. I imagined the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose.

(...) Kabulul devenise pentru mine un oraș al fantomelor. Un oraș al fantomelor cu buze de iepure. America era diferită. America era un fluviu impetuos, nepăsător cu trecutul. Puteam să mă scufund în fluviul ăsta, să-mi las păcatele să se înece la fund, să las apele să mă ducă undeva, departe. Undeva unde nu sunt nici fantome, nici amintiri, nici păcate. Chiar și numai pentru asta, am adoptat America.