There [in The Kite Runner] certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative.

There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.

And one more thing...You will never again refer to him as 'Hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab.

I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.

Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.

I don't know whom or what he was defying. [...] [M]aybe the God he had never believed in.

At times , he didn't understand the meaning of the Koran's words . But he said he liked the enhancing sounds the arabic words made as they rolled off his tongue . He said they comforted him , eased his heart . "They'll comfort you too . Mrariam jo , " he said . "You can summon then in your time of your need , and they won't fail you . God's words will never betray you , my girl . (pg.17)