913 Quotes by Khaled Hosseini

For you, a thousand times over.

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

Hassan and I were stunned. Dazed. John Wayne didn’t really speak Farsi.

Mariam always held her breath as she watched him go. She held her breath and, in her head, counted seconds. She pretended that for each second that she didn’t breathe God would grant her another day with Jalil.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.

She remembered all too well how time had dragged without him, how she had shuffled about feeling waylaid, out of balance. How shr could ever cope with his permanent absence?

They feel wronged. they haven’t been given their due. No one loved them enough. Of course they expect you to love them. They want to be held, rocked, reassured. But it’s a mistake to give it to them. They can’t accept it. They can’t accept the very thing they’re needing. They end up hating you for it. And it never ends because they can’t hate you enough. It never ends – the misery, the apologies, the promises, the reneging, the wretchedness of it all.

A stubborn ass needs a stubborn driver.

I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great.