Khaled Hosseini Quotes

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

Everyone suffers some injustice in life, and what better motivation than to help others not suffer in the same way.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: "Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only courted the low ambition to have it said that he striven to ameliorate the condition of the poor, the lowly, the downtrodden of every race and language and color.

I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted.

You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported.

The cry of the oppressed has entered not only into my ears, but into my soul, so that while I live, I cannot hold my peace.

I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good.

I've always wanted to fight for people who didn't have arms. I've always wanted to speak up for people who don't have a voice. I've always wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. It's my nature. It's my instinct.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing.

They charge me with fanaticism. If to be feelingly alive to the suffering of my fellow creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own.

If somebody does something wrong to someone around me, I can be firm. But that's always to protect someone to whom wrong is being done to.

One of the best things that can happen to any cause, to any people, is to have Bill Clinton as its advocate. That is how needy and neglected causes have become global initiatives.

I'm very mindful of trying to do something good in the world. When I see injustice in the world, it's very hard for me.

We have to speak up for those who can't do it for themselves.

I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.

I don't like to see people get kicked around. You have to stand up for them.

My mom has always taught me to stand up for people who don't have a voice.

I think the reason I've been so committed to advocacy is because I see so many people in pain.