The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.

“Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.”

time can be a greedy thing—sometimes it steals all the details for itself.

the wars had made fathers a rare commodity in Afghanistan.

Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is … God help him.

Perspective was a luxury when your head was constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.