The Kite Runner

"There is no courage without fear"

"My whole life, I had been a ghost in this house"

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

"I had to look at him in the eyes and apologize"

"He had killed the kite for me"

"I was not proud of my father now"

"There is no monster, just a man"

"I looked back one last time"

"His name means brave in Pashto"

"It's a very Afghan thing to do"

"I wept into the crisp afternoon air"

"The Taliban have always been the same"

"I could go to the bazaar and sell my leg"

"God has given you a place in this world"

"There is something in the way Baba looked at him that made me so jealous"

"I was a coward. A yellow coward"

"Prayers make you humble"

"Every morning, I wake up afraid"

"You will never again be my father"

"There is no point in going back"

"I've learned that one sin is not worse than another sin"

"He was like a younger brother. Not related by blood, but nonetheless my brother"

"Maybe we could go to Ghazi Stadium"

"I am the man I am today in large part because of Baba"

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

"I felt like a tourist in my own country"

"Do you know what year it is? Do you know where you are?"

"It is a sin to hurt the helpless"

"I had one friend. One loyal friend. And I destroyed him"

"Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba"