Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In Afghanistan I work, in America I work. Thank you very much, Mrs. Dobbins, but I don't like it free money."...Baba walked out of the welfare office like a man cured of a tumor.
Khaled HosseiniAt the time we are focusing our efforts primarily on building shelters for refugees. Homelessness in Afghanistan is a huge problem.
Khaled HosseiniIf culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, [and] to all rooms inside.
Khaled Hosseini