Ayesha

“One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“some stories don't need telling”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner