The Kite Runner

"I think of Rahim Khan, of the day he saved my life, and I wonder if he's still alive, somewhere in this vast world"

"Theft and lying are part of a man's life. But when a man has sons, he cannot act that way anymore"

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

"Do you want me to run that kite for you?"

"There is no monster, just a boy who was frightened"

"I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the current carry them away into the Arabian Sea, and tomorrow I would be a walk away from forgiveness"

"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, or a few minutes, can change the course of a whole lifetime"

"The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it"

"I became what I am today at the age of twelve"

"Somewhere in this town, behind all the crazy rationing, printing of counterfeit money, and ya-ya political sentiments, a young girl is waiting"

"For you, a thousand times over"

"Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay"

"I wondered if that made me a monster"

"There is a way to be good again"

"I would write myself back together."

"Loyalty is rewarded with betrayal."

"I was learning that forgiveness isn't simply about absolving a person of blame."

"The scar on my lip was a reminder of my cowardice."

"Assef represented everything I feared in myself."

"I had to face my past to have a future."

"There is hope in children."

"Hassan had been murdered by the Taliban."

"I wouldn't allow myself to forget."

"There was no honorable way to behave dishonorably."

"Writing had always been my way out."

"I watched the twin towers fall."

"Soraya was honest, but I was still a liar."

"You don't have to be friends with your father, but you have to respect him."

"The Taliban had taken everything."

"I had finally found what I was looking for."