The Kite Runner

"The wind was at my back."

"Sohrab's smile was worth everything."

"But I had to try anyway."

"I was not worthy of forgiveness."

"The Taliban had destroyed everything I loved."

"Baba was a hard man to know."

"I would run that kite for Sohrab."

"But the future can be redeemed."

"The past cannot be changed."

"I saw myself in Sohrab's eyes."

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

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

"The kite runner was calling me home."

"I would be Sohrab's father now."

"Baba had his own sins to atone for."

"The scar on Sohrab's lip was a reminder of what I had done."

"I owed Hassan more than redemption."

"Sohrab was all that was left of Hassan."

"America was a place to start over."

"In the end, I was a coward."

"The taste of betrayal was still on my tongue."

"I remembered Baba saying that theft was the only sin."

"Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different worlds."

"I looked at the round face in the mirror and hardly recognized myself."

"There is a monster in the lake."

"That was a long time ago, but it seems like yesterday."

"I was afraid of Assef and what he might do."

"Kabul in those days was beautiful."

"The winter of 1975 was the winter of our betrayal."

"Maybe my suspicions about Baba's love for me had been unfounded."