People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that people from the countryside embody a deep sense of dignity that is visibly expressed in their demeanor.
Khaled Hosseini highlights the innate dignity possessed by individuals in the countryside, presenting it as a significant aspect of their identity. This dignity, akin to a badge, is not merely a superficial trait but reflects authenticity and genuine character, emphasizing the value of simplicity and self-respect inherent in rural life.
In practice
In a speech on rural values, one might say, 'As Khaled Hosseini observed, people in the countryside carry a sense of dignity that reflects their genuine character.'
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.
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing. Now if it were to be a fast instead of a feast; say a solemn three days' abstention from corpses in my honour, I could at least pretend to believe that it was disinterested. Blood sacrifices are not in my line
I used to think consciousness itself was a virtue, so I tried to keep it all in my head at the same time: past, future, etc.
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to explaining away plain facts which obviously conflict with it.
I realised that the idea of enforcing sharia is not consistent with Islam as it's been practised from the beginning. In other words, Islam has always been secular, and I had been totally ignorant of the fact.
He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!
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