You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next.
Khaled HosseiniI think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.
Khaled HosseiniAfter everything he'd built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life; one disappointing son and two suitcases.
Khaled HosseiniI wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
Khaled Hosseini