I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.
Khaled HosseiniBut Laila has decided that she will not be crippled by resentment. Mariam wouldnโt want it that way. โWhatโs the sense?โ she would say with a smile both innocent and wise. โWhat good is it, Laila jo?โ And so Laila has resigned herself to moving on. For her own sake, for Tariqโs, for her childrenโs. And for Mariam, who still visits Laila in her dreams, who is never more than a breath or two below her consciousness. Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows thatโs all she can do. That and hope.
Khaled HosseiniI was good at being a doctor; my patients liked me. At times people trust you with things they wouldn't tell their spouses. It was a real privilege.
Khaled HosseiniThere is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. I was entirely absorbed in that world as I wrote the book [The Kite Runner] and to see the final page of that manuscript whir out of the printer was a very special feeling indeed.
Khaled Hosseini