Best Amir Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“From the hood of his car, he hefted a large green insulated pack—the kind Fadlan’s Falafel used for deliveries. “This is for you, Magnus. I hope you enjoy.” The scent of fresh falafel wafted out. True, I’d eaten falafel just a few hours ago, but my stomach growled because...well, more falafel. “Man, you’re the best.”

Food Rick Riordan Magnus Chase Amir Ship Of The Dead Falafel

Book:The Ship of the Dead

Source: The Ship of the Dead

“He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.”

Betrayal Amir Khaled Hosseini Hazan

Book:The Kite Runner

Source: The Kite Runner

“I believe Fabio Celoni's work vividly brings to life not only the mountains, the bazaars, the city of Kabul and its kite-dotted skies, but also the many struggles, conflicts, and emotional highs and lows of Amir's journey [from the The Kite Runner].”

Believe I Believe Cities Struggle Journey Sky Emotional Conflict Mountain Lows Runners Kites Highs And Lows Kabul Bazaars Amir

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“I experienced Kabul with my brother the way Amir and Hassan do: long school days in the summer, kite fighting in the winter time, westerns with John Wayne at Cinema Park, big parties at our house in Wazir Akbar Khan, picnics in Paghman.”

Way Long Bigs School Fighting House Party Brother Summer Winter Cinema My Brother Parks Wayne Kites Picnics Kabul School Days Winter Time Hassan Amir

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“Militarily, the great movements of resistance against colonial powers in the 18th and 19th century were almost all from Sufis: Imam Shamil in Caucasia, Amir Abd al Qadir in Algeria, The Barelvi family in the modern province of India, today which is Pakistan, and you can go down the line.”

Today Lines Modern Century Movement India Resistance Als Pakistan Sufi 19th Century Provinces Algeria Amir

Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“The Bin Ladens must not be confused with authentic jihad - it's quite something else. If you want an example of external jihad, you should cite Amir Abd al Qadir who fought against the French in the 19th century, which was quite something else.”

Ifs Want Should Century Example Confused Als Bin Laden 19th Century Jihad Citing Amir

Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“For you, a thousand times over”

Love Thousand Kites Circularity Hassan Amir Slingshots

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.”

Silence Quiet Pushing Volume Buttons Tranquility Silence Is Knobs Peace And Tranquility Peace Tranquility Shutting Down Amir

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir”

People Break Breasts Feds Brotherhood Kinship Amir

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir”

Firsts Arms Spring Bird Woods Tiny Snow Flight Afghanistan Leafs Shaking Melting Flakes Open Arms Tiny Things Amir

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.”

Men Boys Amir

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father's remorse. Sometimes, I thing everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”

Way Want Needs Giving Believe Real Sometimes Father I Believe Born Poor Streets Building Guilt Redemption I Want You Feeding Remorse Redeeming Orphanage Friend In Need Giving Money Amir

Author:Khaled Hosseini

“It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.”

Way Past I've Learned Claws Kites Frigid Overcast Peeking Amir

Book:The Kite Runner

Source: The Kite Runner

“it is a heartBreaking sound, Amir Jan, the Wailing of a mother. I pray to Allah you Never hear it.”

Mother Sound Praying I Pray Heartbreaking Wailing Amir

Book:The Kite Runner: Rejacketed

Source: The Kite Runner: Rejacketed

“Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name. Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975 —and all that followed— was already laid in those first words.”

Thinking Firsts Names Steps Happened Mines Foundation Winter Breasts Spokes Feds First Steps Roof Looking Back Yards Lawns Baba Hassan Amir

Book:The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

Source: The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set

“I haven't had the recognition I deserve, You can go back to anybody's career - Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Amir Khan, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn, Steve Collins, Naseem Hamed. My record is better than all of theirs.”

Motivation Careers Records Havens Deserve Fighter Recognition Deserve You Amir Ricky Hatton

Author:Carl Froch

“Amir Khan will come back and he will win back the world title because I know the guy personally, and I know what he's made off. There's no quit in this guy.”

Knows World Made Motivation Guy Winning Quitting Fighter Titles This Guy Amir

Author:David Haye