I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.
Interpretation
We all hope for remarkable events to change our lives, despite facing great challenges.
In this quote, Khaled Hosseini reflects on the universal human experience of anticipation and hope, suggesting that despite the overwhelming challenges we face in life, there is a common yearning for extraordinary occurrences that might transform our reality. This longing can be both a source of motivation and a reminder of our resilience in the face of adversity.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire a crowd about resilience and hope.
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.
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.
Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess.
To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show.
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour.
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