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Khaled Hosseini

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Sé que aún eres pequeña, pero quiero que lo sepas y lo comprendas desde ahora—le dijo un día—. El matrimonio puede esperar; la educación no. Eres una niña muy, muy inteligente. De verdad, lo eres. Puedes llegar a ser lo que tú quieras, Laila. Lo sé. Y también sé que, cuando esta guerra termine, Afganistán te necesitará tanto como a sus hombres, tal vez más incluso. Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación, Laila. Ninguna posibilidad.
From Mil Soles Espléndidos
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Topic: Education
wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Religion
And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Hope
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
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Topic: Life
Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab [success], nah-kam [failure], crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slot, dusty caravan of kochis [nomads].
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Success
She remembered a verse from the Koran that Mullah Faizullah had taught her: And Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose... She laid down her prayer rug and did name. When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Hope
It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Life
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Life
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
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Topic: Life
There is a way to be good again...
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Inspirational
Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Inspirational
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.
From And the Mountains Echoed
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Topic: Life
People say that eyes are windows to the soul.
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Inspirational, Life
A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
From And the Mountains Echoed
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Topic: Happiness
In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Life
‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Education
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. - Amir
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Life
Marriage can wait, education cannot.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Education
Sad stories make good books
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Inspirational
The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
From The Kite Runner
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Topic: Life
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 to . Mariam 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.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Topic: Religion
Sé que aún eres pequeña, pero quiero que lo sepas y lo comprendas desde ahora—le dijo un día—. El matrimonio puede esperar; la educación no. Eres una niña muy, muy inteligente. De verdad, lo eres. Puedes llegar a ser lo que tú quieras, Laila. Lo sé. Y también sé que, cuando esta guerra termine, Afganistán te necesitará tanto como a sus hombres, tal vez más incluso. Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación, Laila. Ninguna posibilidad.
From Mil Soles Espléndidos
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Topic: Education
wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Religion
And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab [success], nah-kam [failure], crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slot, dusty caravan of kochis [nomads].
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Success
She remembered a verse from the Koran that Mullah Faizullah had taught her: And Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose... She laid down her prayer rug and did name. When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
There is a way to be good again...
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.
From And the Mountains Echoed
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Topic: Life
People say that eyes are windows to the soul.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational, Life
A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
From And the Mountains Echoed
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
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. - Amir
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Marriage can wait, education cannot.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
Sad stories make good books
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
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 to . Mariam 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.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Religion
Sé que aún eres pequeña, pero quiero que lo sepas y lo comprendas desde ahora—le dijo un día—. El matrimonio puede esperar; la educación no. Eres una niña muy, muy inteligente. De verdad, lo eres. Puedes llegar a ser lo que tú quieras, Laila. Lo sé. Y también sé que, cuando esta guerra termine, Afganistán te necesitará tanto como a sus hombres, tal vez más incluso. Porque una sociedad no tiene la menor posibilidad de éxito si sus mujeres no reciben educación, Laila. Ninguna posibilidad.
From Mil Soles Espléndidos
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Religion
And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab [success], nah-kam [failure], crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slot, dusty caravan of kochis [nomads].
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Success
She remembered a verse from the Koran that Mullah Faizullah had taught her: And Allah is the East and the West, therefore wherever you turn there is Allah's purpose... She laid down her prayer rug and did name. When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Hope
It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
and every day I thank [God] that I am alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
There is a way to be good again...
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.
From And the Mountains Echoed
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Topic: Life
People say that eyes are windows to the soul.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational, Life
A sudden happiness catches me unawares. I feel it trickling into me, and my eyes go liquid with gratitude and hope.
From And the Mountains Echoed
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
‎I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
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. - Amir
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
Marriage can wait, education cannot.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Education
Sad stories make good books
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Inspirational
The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
From The Kite Runner
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Life
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 to . Mariam 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.
From A Thousand Splendid Suns
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Religion