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I grew up around a lot of Rumi, Hafez and Omar Khayyam books. My parents in Kabul had all the volumes around the house. Khaled Hosseini

Parents Books Had Volumes House Around Lot Up Grew Omar

Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah, too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name? Khaled Hosseini

Me Think Too Obama Something Only Wrong Name Vowels Does Campaign Middle McCain View Differs Palin Last Two

I - and, I suspect, millions of Americans like me, Republicans and Democrats alike - couldn't care less about Obama's middle name or the ridiculous six-degrees-of-separation game that is the William Ayers non-issue. Khaled Hosseini

Me Game Care Alike William Obama About Name Like Democrats American Suspect Middle Republicans Republicans And Democrats Less Ridiculous Millions

I never thought what I wrote was good enough to be published. I thought of myself as completely detached from that constellation of real writers. It was completely for myself. Khaled Hosseini

Myself Good Thought Enough Detached Writers Never Wrote Real Published

My parents were reasonably affluent in Kabul. In the States, we were on welfare. My mom became a waitress, and my dad became a driving instructor. That part of the American immigrant experience applies to people of any nationality. Khaled Hosseini

Mom Experience People Welfare Parents States Immigrant Driving Part Instructor Became Were Waitress Affluent American Any Nationality Reasonably Dad

Everything for me starts very small and snowballs. So I rarely start with the grand idea and find a place for it and narrow down. It's, really, just start small, and as I'm writing it, I begin to see - sometimes to my own surprise - what's unfolding and what's blooming. Khaled Hosseini

Me Writing Sometimes Own Down Starts Everything Find See Rarely My Own Small Idea Narrow Surprise Very Begin Blooming Just Unfolding Grand Place Really Start

The deal is such that when I begin writing something, I open a door, and those characters come in, and then they won't leave, and so I live with them every day, all day. They are there with me when I'm driving my kids to school, when I'm standing in line at the grocery store. Khaled Hosseini

Day Me Every Day Writing School Live Every Those All Day Kids Characters Something Open Driving Come Deal Leave Line Begin Store Door Them Then Grocery Grocery Store Standing

My books never go where I think they're going. Khaled Hosseini

Think Books Never Go Going Where

One of the things novels should do is shine a light on those parts of us that are common, the fibres that connect all of us. They should convey the sense that we're all connected, coming from the same tree, sharing common roots. Khaled Hosseini

Light Shine Sense Tree Those One Of The Things Sharing Parts Coming Same Common Convey Us Roots Should Connect Connected Novels Things

I don't remember how I picked up 'Different Seasons,' but it was a book I read on a grave shift. I was absolutely floored by it; 'The Body,' a story about kids who go searching for a corpse in the woods, impacted me especially. Khaled Hosseini

I'm fascinated by the way early experiences haunt and revisit you, remain present in your life for decades and decades - they can even shape who you ultimately become. Khaled Hosseini

Life You Become Way Haunt Remain Shape Ultimately Revisit Decades Experiences Your Who Fascinated Even Present Early

Believe in God, for with the grace of God the American rockets will go astray and we will be saved. Mohammed Omar

God Grace Will Believe Saved Astray Go Rockets American

We have destroyed 80 percent of the statues. There is only small amount left and we will destroy that soon. Mohammed Omar

Will Destroy Destroyed Statues Percent Only Small Soon Left Amount

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny. Mohammed Omar

Injustice Battle Tyranny Will White White House Consider Fires Picking Reach House Because Up Begun Ended Afghanistan Center

My husband stands on his own two feet; my religion is not a factor. God created and decided for me to be born in a Christian family. It's not every day that a Lebanese marries an Afghan. I think God's hand is also in there. Rula Ghani

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside. Rula Ghani

They say Afghanistan is the worst country for a girl to be born. Hogwash! Rula Ghani

Girl Country Say Worst Born Afghanistan Hogwash They Say

I may not raise my voice a lot, I may not be very flashy, but I like to interact with people. Rula Ghani

People Voice Like Lot Very May Interact Flashy Raise

There is a lot of suffering and injustice in the world, and there is also a great deal of hope. When you step forward and start speaking about what you see and what you want to change, you can begin living in that hope instead of despair. Sonita Alizadeh

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A good girl in Afghanistan should be silent, should not talk about her future, should listen to your family, be like a doll so that everyone can play with her. Sonita Alizadeh

Future Good Family Girl Everyone Silent About Like Talk Doll Listen Afghanistan Should Your Play Her Good Girl

When I was a little girl, I did not listen to music much. I did not think that one day I would become a rapper. I was born in a very traditional and religious family. Being a female was destroying my dreams. Slowly, first through poetry and then music, I began to find ways to share my thoughts and feelings, talk to my family and to the world. Sonita Alizadeh

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When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself. Sonita Alizadeh

Future Myself Marriage Sold See Being Hard

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