I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.

There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.

If I ever do get married," Tariq said, "they'll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head

It's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.

You can not stop you from being who you are.

Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.

People learned to live with the most unimaginable things.