Khaled Hosseini Quotes

If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of very necessary experience.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

I took on the sins of everybody, of a generation, really.

I, poor in virtue and of contemptible personality, have incurred the wrath of God on high. My Ministers have deceived me. I am ashamed to meet my ancestors; and therefore I myself take off my crown, and with my hair covering my face, await dismemberment at the hands of the rebels. Do not hurt a single one of my people!

'Atonement' is one of my all-time favourite movies.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

It doesn't matter whether I'm judged criminal. I have a great feeling of guilt - I have a feeling that I ran after Hitler like a wildfire without reason. If I can sacrifice my life to make something good, I'd gladly do it.

Let this single hour atone For the theft of all of me

There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.

I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.

I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.

I've got some repenting to do.

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

We are all culpable in the death of Christ. My sins, your sins put Him on that cross.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

Don't get me wrong - what we do is important. But it is infinitely less important than what Jesus has done for us.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

I just hope everybody forgives me for whatever I did wrong. And hope they remember some of what I did right.

Regret is not a proactive feeling. It is situated in disappointment, sorrow, even remorse. It merely wishes things were different without an act to cause a difference. However, repentance is different. Repentance is an admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God.

When it was over, I was so happy, I felt like crying. I wanted to win this one for Casey. After what I did in Brooklyn, he could have forgotten about me and who would blame him? But he gave me another chance and I'm grateful.