I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had spent the better part of the first two years learning English. John Steinbeck's book was the first book I read in English where I had an 'Aha!' moment, namely in the famed turtle chapter.
Khaled HosseiniI’m all you have in this world Mariam, and when I’m gone you’ll have nothing. You ARE nothing!
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 HosseiniAll my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.
Khaled Hosseini