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Nana (to Mariam): When I'm gone, you'll have nothing in this world. You are nothing!
Khaled Hosseini
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I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.
Khaled Hosseini
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I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver.
Khaled Hosseini
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One time, when I was really little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.
Khaled Hosseini
