Baba

"I think we're a lot alike, you and I."

"A man who won't stand up for anything will fall for anything."

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."

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

"A man that can't stand up for himself is not a man"

"People like you and me, we are the lucky ones."

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

"It's wrong what they do to boys like Hassan."

"Everybody has an Achilles' heel."

"I think you're going to like it here in America."

"Children aren't cruel. They're just people."

"A man who has no loyalty to anything at all is a man who cannot be trusted."

"He's going to make a fine man."

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

"Theft and lying breed more theft and lying."

"The problem with Amir was he couldn't stand up for himself."

"I am a Pashtun and my father before me."

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

"He clears his throat and tells a joke about a merchant"

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

"Theft and lying. Stealing toothpaste and books from the library"

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

"You will always be my son"

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them in with your favorite colors"

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

"The problem with Kabul these days is that everyone is a conspirator"

"The only sin is theft. All other sins are variations of theft"

"It's a very Afghan thing to do"

"A good wife is hard to come by in these parts"

"There is no courage without fear"