“I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to to tell them all that I was the snake in the grass, the monster in the lake. I wasn't worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat, a thief. And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over with soon. Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Zindagi migzara (life goes on)”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
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