Khaled Hosseini Quotes

I am tired and I am dying, and I want to be merciful. I want to forgive you. But when God summons me and says, But it wasn't for you to forgive, Mullah, what shall I say?

Khaled Hosseini

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• I am tired and I am dying, and I want to be merciful. I want to forgive you. But when God summons me and says, But it wasn't for you to forgive, Mullah, what shall I say?

  

  Khaled Hosseini
  • God
  • Tired
  • Dying