But then it passed, as all things do.
At times, he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words. But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the Arabic words made as they rolled off his tongue. He said they comforted him, eased his he...
There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry.
Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and s...
there is a God, there always has been. I see him here, in the eyes of the people in this [hospital] corridor of desperation. This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will f...
يقولون لك ...جد لنفسك هدفاً..و عش لأجله. لكن، أحياناً، لاتعرف أنك كنت تمتلك هدفاً و تعيش لأجله إلا بعد انقضاءه
Words were secret doorways and I held all the keys.
Waktu yang singkat namun merayap lambat
Their fights didn’t so much end as dissipate, like a drop of ink in a bowl of water, with a residual taint that lingered.
The ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word 'senseless' springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It's what people always sa...
The Chinese say it's better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one.
She said there was comfort to be found in the permanence of mathematical truths, in the lack of arbitrariness and the absence of ambiguity. In knowing that the answer may be elusive, but they could be...
Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.
Nine-year-old Laila rose from bed, as she did most mornings, hungry for the sight of her friend Tariq. This morning, however, she knew there would be no Tariq sighting.- How long will you be gone? - S...
Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. She thought ruefully of Nana, of the sacrifices that she too had made. Nana, who could have given her away, or tossed her in a ditch s...
It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir,
I think he loved us equally, but differently.
I know now that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.
In my 20s, life seemed endless. At 49, I've had a chance to see how dark life can be, and I am far more aware of the constraints of time than when I wrote 'The Kite Runner.' I realise there is only a...
ذلك هو حال الناس الذين يقصدون كل ما يقولون. يعتقدون أن الآخرين يفعلون مثلهم