“Family is so central to Afghan life that all Afghan stories are family...” — Khaled Hosseini Quote

“Family is so central to Afghan life that all Afghan stories are family stories. Family is something I simply can't resist because all the great themes of human life - duty, grief, sacrifice, love, envy - you find all those things within families.”

“I lay no claim, it should be clear, to being a historian. So in my books, the intimate and personal have been intertwined inextricably with the broad and historical.”

“There's no excuse for the macro corruption, but Afghanistan was always an informal society with a weak central government.”

“I have been exposed to the Afghan culture since childhood.”

“Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense.”

“It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.”