“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
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