Diane Evans’s Reviews > The Kite Runner > Status Update

“Now I knew my mother had liked almond cake with honey and hot tea, that she once used the word ‘profoundly’…”

I only recognize it because I’m currently in that position, but there’s a portion of grief when you worry about the things you don’t know about a person who is gone. You recognize that your memory of them will fade and even knowing the words they would use is such treasured knowledge.

The symbolism! The parallels!

“It wasn’t meant to be. Or, maybe, it was meant not to be.”

The way Hosseini describes events is just so eloquent. It’s respectful of the subject matter without lessening the impact of it.