Occupation: Novelist Birth: March 4, 1965
She thought of Aziza's stutter, and of what Aziza had said earlier about fractures and powerful collisions deep down and how sometimes all we see on ….
The Kite Runner is a story of two boys and a father, and the strange love triangle that binds them..
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..
hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that ….
It so happens that the major relationships in the novel [The Kite Runner] are between men, dictated not by any sort of prejudice or discomfort with f….
I did see [in Afghanistan] plenty that reminded me of my childhood. I recognised my old neighbourhood, saw my old school, streets where I had played ….
If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thous didst it of thine obstinacy. For I sought to t….
cruelty and benevolence are but shades of the same colour..
Dr. Bashiri, if I ever want to put a curse in someone, I say, 'May God give you a restaurant..
There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth..
As far as I know, he never asked where she had been or why she had left and she never told. I guess some stories do not need telling..
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned tha….
Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies..
There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, d….
Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the othe….
Baba dropped the stack of food stamps on her desk. "Thank you but I don't want," Baba said. "I work always. In Afghanistan I work, in America I work.….
I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people..
People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine..
A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything..
He knew I'd seen everything in that alley, that I'd stood there and done nothing. He knew that I'd betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again….
these random unkind moment that catch you wen you least expect them..