You say you felt a presence, but I only sensed an absence. A vague pain without a source. I was like a patient who cannot tell the doctor where it hurts, only that it does.
Khaled HosseiniPerspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
Khaled HosseiniHer eyes, walnut brown and shaded by fanned lashes, met mine. Held for a moment. Flew away.
Khaled HosseiniI returned to Afghanistan because I had a deep longing to see for myself how people lived, what they thought of their government, how optimistic they were about the future of their homeland.
Khaled Hosseini