Life Quotes Quote by Khaled Hosseini — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”

“Though there had been moments of beauty in it Mariam knew that life for most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it. She wished she could see Laila again, wished to hear the clangor of her laugh, to sit with her once more for a pot of chai and leftover halwa under a starlit sky. She mourned that she would never see Aziza grow up, would not see the beautiful young woman that she would one day become, would not get to paint her hands with henna and toss noqul candy at her wedding. She would never play with Aziza's children. She would have liked that very much , to be old and play with Aziza's children.”

“I said to you,”

“On a high mountain I stood,”

“Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.”

“If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.”

“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.”

“Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal.”

““I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me.”

“The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.”