I hear from non-Afghan immigrants - Africans, Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs in France - all the time. These people have had to redefine their lives, which is what my family went through when we came to the U.S. in 1980.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the challenges of immigrants who must adapt to new environments, drawing a parallel to the author's own family's experience.
Khaled Hosseini's quote highlights the resilience and adaptability required by immigrants as they navigate the complexities of a new life in a foreign land. He draws upon his own family's journey to the U.S. as a poignant example, emphasizing how many immigrants, regardless of their background, face the necessity of redefining their identities and lives to fit into a new culture.
In practice
In a speech about cultural diversity, one could quote this to illustrate the immigrant experience.
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.
Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.
I knew I heard the doctor correctly. I didn't think he said something else, I didn't think for a second, 'Well maybe he didn't say it.' No, I knew I heard him! But I still couldn't comprehend... in my mind... in my soul... he just said, 'cancer.'
Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause.
Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!_x000D_ _x000D_ You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled._x000D_ _x000D_ Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring_x000D_ _x000D_ The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
To live without loving is not really to live.
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