Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan, Sohrab, and me ends with happiness, I wouldn't know what to say. Does anybody's? After all, life is not a Hindi movie. Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, undmindful of beginning, en, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis.
Khaled HosseiniBut the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her
Khaled HosseiniIt is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey.
Khaled HosseiniHe is annoyed with their lack of interest, their blithe ignorance of the arbitrary genetic lottery that has granted them their privileged lives.
Khaled Hosseini