Famous Khaled Hosseini Quotes

  • Exploitation to finance a beach house in Hawaii was one thing. Doing it to feed your kids was another. – Khaled Hosseini

    Exploitation to finance a beach house in Hawaii was one thing. Doing it to feed your kids was another.– Khaled Hosseini

  • Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food. – Khaled Hosseini

    Your job today is to pass gas. You do that and we can start feeding you liquids. No fart, no food.– Khaled Hosseini

  • Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head. – Khaled Hosseini

    Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head.– Khaled Hosseini

  • To see her, amid all of it. To see that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things. – Khaled Hosseini

    To see her, amid all of it. To see that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things.– Khaled Hosseini

  • Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one.  – Khaled Hosseini

    Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. – Khaled Hosseini

  • I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again. – Khaled Hosseini

    I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.– Khaled Hosseini

  • Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin! – Khaled Hosseini

    Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin!– Khaled Hosseini

  • … there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. – Khaled Hosseini

    … there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.– Khaled Hosseini

  • she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back.She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother. – Khaled Hosseini

    she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back.She was leaving it as a friend, a companion, a guardian. A mother.– Khaled Hosseini

  • And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. – Khaled Hosseini

    And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.– Khaled Hosseini