Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the author's lifelong concern with economic inequality and its impact on society.
Khaled Hosseini expresses a deep-seated fascination with the economic disparities that exist between individuals. His awareness of this 'economic chasm' has been a continuous theme throughout his life and writings, indicating that he not only acknowledges the issue but also feels compelled to explore and critique its implications on human relationships and society as a whole.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of addressing economic disparities.
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.
I know beginnings, I know endings too, and life-in-death, and something else I'd rather not recall just now.
The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.
A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it.
Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.
Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for help: "Shut up," he said, "so that they do not realize that you are here with me.
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