I came to the US as an immigrant and I recall vividly those first few years in California, the brief time we spent on welfare, and the difficult task of assimilating into a new culture.
Khaled HosseiniThough there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her.
Khaled HosseiniThere is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
Khaled HosseiniThe ordinary, utterly mundane reason behind the massacre makes it somehow more terrible, and far more depressing. The word 'senseless' springs to mind, and Idris thwarts it. It's what people always say. A senseless act of violence. A senseless murder. As if you could commit sensible murder.
Khaled Hosseini