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.
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The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
Jesus is not a figure from the past: He continues now and always to light the way for us.
The way up and the way down are one and the same.
Property-owners are the most energetic flag-waggers and patriots in every country, but only so long as they enjoy their possessions: to safeguard those they desert God, King and Country in a twinkling.
In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.
I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.
I almost do not exist now and I know it; God knows what lives in me in place of me.
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