Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.

For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture.

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

Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.

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.

and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.

If you were the poor, suffering was your currency.