“Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
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The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.
“Awake. And alone with demons of my own.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
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“Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
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“I guess some stories do not need telling.”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
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Context: With me as the glaring exception, my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
“I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver.”
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“How could I of all people, chastise someone for their past?”
Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner
Amir
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