The Kite Runner

15 Of The Most Beautiful Quotes From 'The Kite Runner'

There is a way to be good again. 
Rania Naim
October 6, 2016
“And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan: In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things. ”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Destiny, Fate
“My whole life I had been 'Baba's son.' Now he was gone. Baba couldn't show me the way anymore; I'd have to find it on my own.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Finding Yourself
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
— Khaled Hosseini, By Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Paperback
Tagged: Truth, Lies, Honest And Truthful, Comfort
“Sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
— Khaled Hosseini, By Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Paperback
Tagged: Hope, Change, Life
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
— Khaled Hosseini, By Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Paperback
Tagged: Honesty, Thinking, Everyone
“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: honestly, Lies, Truth
“It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Losing, Hurt Most, Gaining
“A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: morals, Honesty, Truth
“Love is a delicate thing that needs to be cosseted and protected. Love is not robust and love is not unyielding. Love can crumble under a few harsh words, or be tossed away with a handful of careless actions. Love isn't a steadfast dog at all; love is more like a pygmy mouse lemur.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Love, Define Love, Loving, Relationships
“There is a way to be good again.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, good deeds
“The problem, of course, was that [he] saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Extremes
“Life is a train, get on board.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Keep Moving
“And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Guilt, Loyalty, Love
“Sad stories make good books.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, Sadness, Art
“It's wrong to hurt even bad people. Because they don't know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.”
— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
Tagged: Life, People, Bad People