Khaled Hosseini Quotes

Age merely shows what children we remain.

There's this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play - at the age of 18 or 21, they are then thrust into the real world and shown its uglier side, but not before.

Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.

I make mistakes growing up. I'm not perfect; I'm not a robot.

I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.

Growing up, my next door neighbor was my best friend and an only child too.

At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.

It's human nature to want to be with other people.

I do get to have my normal childhood. I just love to get together with my friends and family and have a good time.

If I'm among my boys or people I've grown up with, I can be immature.

I didn't play with other children.

In life, usually, even if you live in a big city, you can count on your fingers on one hand how many real friends you have; that's human.

People always like people, you know?

No one was created to be alone.

I would watch 'Sesame Street' and see neighborhoods and kids with other kids to play with, and I just didn't have that. You know, we were on a lake. We just didn't have that stuff.

You'd go back to school and your friends would say, 'What you get for Christmas?' You got to make up a lie. 'I got this, this and this.' It's all part of growing up and everyone has a different story. It made me who I am today.

At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid.

I know that sounds cliché, but mostly from my own experiences and things I see around me. We're all human beings, and a lot of the things I write about are pretty universal things.

Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically, emotionally, and mentally, we are all equal. We all share basic needs for food, shelter, safety, and love. We all aspire to happiness and we all shun suffering. Each of us has hopes, worries, fears, and dreams. Each of us wants the best for our family and loved ones. We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek. On this fundamental level, religion, ethnicity, culture, and language make no difference.

I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage.

For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep. If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown-ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.