Amir

"I had run from the truth for too long."

"There was no shame in what Hassan had done."

"I saw myself in Sohrab's eyes."

"But the future can be redeemed."

"I would run that kite for Sohrab."

"Baba was a hard man to know."

"The Taliban had destroyed everything I loved."

"I was not worthy of forgiveness."

"But I had to try anyway."

"Sohrab's smile was worth everything."

"The wind was at my back."

"I was finally free."

"The kite soared into the sky."

"For you, a thousand times over."

"I was going to be okay."

"Afghanistan was in my blood."

"Home was where Hassan was."

"Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I bought with a rug to cover up my sins"

"The problem, of course, was that I couldn't made myself feel something I didn't feel"

"I was a coward"

"I wondered if that's what God did, plant desire in you so He could watch you squirm"

"I had one final chance to make a choice"

"But sometimes, I think, the past does not stay put"

"We could be brothers, you and I"

"The way Baba was always ordering Hassan around, the way he asked for his tea"

"I wanted to tell him that I, too, had sins to atone for"

"I ran because I was a coward, not because I was brave"

"I keep thinking something's wrong with me"

"She was no longer angry with me; she was just disappointed"

"I had gotten away with it"