Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Quote by Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Look, I know there's a fondness between you and him and I'm happy about that. Envious, but happy. I mean that. He needs someone who . . . understands him, because God knows I don't. But something about Amir troubles me in a way that I can't express. It's like . . .' I could see him searching, reaching for the right words. He lowered his voice, but I heard him anyway. 'If I hadn't seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I'd never believe he's my son.”

Quote by Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Create image

Author

Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner. more

You May Also Like

“Looking into my daughter’s eyes, I thought of my mother, who had faced these first hours alone after I was born. She had been made no promises, been offered no guarantees that either she or I would even live past that night. If something had been ruptured inside of her, no one would have noticed. If something had been broken inside of newborn me, perhaps no one but my mother would have cared. My daughter’s quiet yet well-monitored first night was perhaps the one my mother had dreamed for me, for herself, a dream of kind words, kisses, flowers.”

FamilyGenerationsMotherhoodMother And Daughter
Book:Brother, I'm Dying
Create image

“I realized that afternoon that for nearly a year, while my mother, brothers and I had constantly carried food up to my father, we had rarely eaten with him. Somehow it hadn’t occurred to me that he missed sharing a table or aplate, passing a spice or a spoon. But he did. Just as he missed seeing certain faces and places and hearing certain voices that neither his friends nor family nor the television could successfully transport to his room”

FatherLossFamilyMealsSickness
Book:Brother, I'm Dying
Create image

“The hummingbird represents beauty and joy. She is a creature of flight, bringing her closer to the cosmos with each wingbeat. She is constantly moving and is rarely seen at rest, preferring instead to perform her aerial acrobatics. Her heart is as fast as her wings and her colors are bright and shifting; they are colors that capture the sunlight in their iridescence. She brings love wherever she passes by.”

LoveFamilySpringMemoirNativeNative AmericanIndigenousHummingbirdTotem
Book:Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity
Create image