Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.

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

In March of 2001, I revisited the short story, and found that thought it did not work well as a short story, it might work much better as a longer one. The novel [The Kite Runner] came about as an expansion of that original, unpublished short story.

I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great

People learned to live with the most unimaginable things.

Those who saw Kite Runner loved the film, for the most part, people seemed to really like the film.