Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

I have this almost pathological fear of boring the reader.

We [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] support and fund projects that bring jobs, healthcare, and education to women and children. In addition, we award scholarships to women pursuing higher education in Afghanistan.

Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant.

cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour.

Gone. Vanished. Nothing left. Nothing said.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.