I don't know whom or what he was defying. [...] [M]aybe the God he had never believed in.

Mostly, though, I dream of good things...I dream that flowers will bloom in the streets..again and music will play in the...houses and kites will fly in the skies.

People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.

I will follow you to the ends of the world.

sometimes the shifting of rocks is deep, deep below, and it's powerful and scary down there, but that all we feel on the surface is a slight tremor. Only a slight tremor.

The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are homeless, living out in the open or in makeshift homes. This is an area of urgent need as Afghanistan's natural elements are quite harsh, with very hot summers, and freezing winters.

In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create.