Amir Quotes

“I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“I lay on the side of the dirt road next to a rocky trench, looked up to the gray morning sky, thankful for air, thankful for light, thankful to be alive.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“From the hood of his car, he hefted a large green insulated pack—the kind Fadlan’s Falafel used for deliveries. “This is for you, Magnus. I hope you enjoy.”
The scent of fresh falafel wafted out. True, I’d eaten falafel just a few hours ago, but my stomach growled because...well, more falafel. “Man, you’re the best.”
― Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead

“And so it was that, about a week later, we crossed a strip of warm, black tarmac and I brought Hassan's son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“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.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“I wanted to pull him close, hold him, tell him the world had been unkind to him, not the other way around.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner