But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
Interpretation
It's preferable to face painful truths than to be falsely comforted by lies.
This quote emphasizes the value of truth, even when it is difficult to accept. Khaled Hosseini suggests that facing uncomfortable realities provides a stronger foundation for growth and understanding than living in the comfort of falsehoods, which can ultimately lead to greater harm.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
You need an incredible amount of self-confidence to go digging around in someone's brain.
Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.
As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
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