It's literally just been formed. It's a 501 C3, non-profit charitable foundation called, unsurprisingly, the Khalled Hosseini Foundation. The aim is to help refugees and aim vulnerable women and children.

yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism

They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

Whether you do something or decide to do nothing, either way, you are making a moral choice. And I hope people make the right one.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

For a novelist, it’s kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. That said, I’m in a unique position to speak on behalf of Afghanistan on certain issues that I feel are important, particularly the issue of Afghan refugees.