Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseiniis an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. After graduating from college, he worked as a doctor in California, an occupation that he likened to "an arranged marriage". He has published three novels, most notably his 2003 debut The Kite Runner, all of which are at least partially set in Afghanistan and feature an Afghan as the protagonist. Following the success of The Kite Runner he retired from medicine to write full-time...
NationalityAfghani
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1965
CityKabul, Afghanistan
Khaled Hosseini quotes about
She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.
Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.
Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly.
There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.
People say that eyes are windows to the soul.
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything
You can not stop you from being who you are.
That's how children deal with terror, they fall asleep.