In 2004, I took a one year sabbatical to finish my second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. At the end of that year, I was not done with my book, and had to in effect resign from work. I did. I never went back. Khaled Hosseini More Quotes by Khaled Hosseini More Quotes From Khaled Hosseini She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you. Khaled Hosseini drs said life Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world. Khaled Hosseini ocean feelings way One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls. Khaled Hosseini wall moon sun No matter where we're born, which countries we're raised in, what cultures we come from, there are some universal experiences we all have as children. We all kind of start the same. We want the love of our parents, companionship, friends, we want to have fun, to play, and we're all hurt the first time we learn that the world is far from perfect place - it's the start of a series of epiphanies and realizations that is what growing up is all about. Khaled Hosseini growing-up hurt country They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind. Khaled Hosseini purpose mind sometimes It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime. Khaled Hosseini may sometimes life But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think. Khaled Hosseini charm thinking J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that. Khaled Hosseini regret should-have thinking The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts. Khaled Hosseini weed flower spring And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. Khaled Hosseini honesty mean thinking Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency. Khaled Hosseini poor suffering love-you It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want. Khaled Hosseini funny-things people thinking In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create. Khaled Hosseini men world thinking For you, a thousand times over Khaled Hosseini circularity slingshots love When I was in Afghanistan in 2007, I went from village to village where refugees had returned, and they were living out in the open under tents, sometimes completely exposed to the environment. And they were homeless, which meant they would lose children in the winter to the cold and in the summers in the extreme heat. It's extremely humiliating for them to be homeless, culturally it's very shameful. Khaled Hosseini summer winter children A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you. Khaled Hosseini mother heart men It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir Khaled Hosseini spring snow bird A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer. Khaled Hosseini suffering doe men What good is regret? It brings back nothing. What we have lost is irretrievable. Khaled Hosseini regret lost Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. Khaled Hosseini amir buttons silence
