When you have lived as long as I have, the div replied, you find that cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same color.
Khaled HosseiniAt the door , she made him promise to go without goodbyes .She closed the door on him . Laila leaned her back against it , shaking against his pounding fists , one arm gripping her belly and a hand across her mouth , as he spoke throughout the door and promised that he would come back for her . She stood there until he tired , until he gave up , and then she listened to his uneven footsteps until they faded , until all was quiet , save for the gunfire cracking in the hills and her own heart thudding in her belly , her eyes , her bones .
Khaled HosseiniIt's hard when you make a film from a book that so many people love, because there's no way to get the entire story into a two-hour movie. But I was pleased with the reaction [for Kite Runner].
Khaled HosseiniBut Laila has decided that she will not be crippled by resentment. Mariam wouldnโt want it that way. โWhatโs the sense?โ she would say with a smile both innocent and wise. โWhat good is it, Laila jo?โ And so Laila has resigned herself to moving on. For her own sake, for Tariqโs, for her childrenโs. And for Mariam, who still visits Laila in her dreams, who is never more than a breath or two below her consciousness. Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows thatโs all she can do. That and hope.
Khaled Hosseini