The Kite Runner Quotes

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Hassan returned the smile. Except his didn’t look forced. And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft... When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
― Khalid Hosseini

“I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But i didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lip.
I ran”
― Khaled Hosseini

“It hurts to say that,” he said, shrugging. “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“I lay there drifting, wondering, imagining...”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Every sinner must be punished in a manner befitting his sin!”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“That was the thing about kite flying : your mind drifted with the kite”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Itukan hanya mimpi Amir agha. Dalam mimpi kita bisa melakukan apa saja - Hassan”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Mereka tidak melakukan apa pun kecuali menghitung butiran tasbih dan memamerkan hafalan isi kitab yang ditulis dalam bahasa yang tidak mereka pahami. Kuharap Tuhan melindungi kita semua jika suatu saat nanti Afganistan jatuh ke tangan mereka.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Tidak ada salahnya menjadi seorang pengecut selama kau tetap berhati-hati. Tapi bila seorang pengecut mulai melupakan siapa dirinya .... Semoga Tuhan melindunginya.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Kami meninggalkan mayat-mayat itu di jalan, dan kalau keluarga mereka mencoba menyelinap untuk menyeret kembali mayat-mayat itu ke rumah mereka, kami tak akan ragu menembak mereka. Kami membiarkan mayat-mayat itu menjadi santapan anjing. Daging anjing hanya cocok untuk anjing.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Rasa bersalah menggerakkan seseorang untuk melakukan kebaikan.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Menyakiti seseorang adalah salah, bahkan walau orang itu jahat. Karena mereka tidak tahu jalan yang lebih baik, dan karena orang-orang yang jahat pun bisa menjadi baik.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Di dunia ini, ada orang yang memang jahat, dan kadang-kadang mereka akan tetap jahat.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Ahesta boro, Mah-e-man, ahesta boro.”
― Khaled Hosseini

“Aku telah pergi cukup lama untuk melupakan dan dilupakan.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Kembali ke Kabul bagaikan bertemu kembali dengan seorang teman lama yang telah terlupakan dan mendapatinya hidup menderita, jatuh miskin dan menggelandang.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Tapi seperti kata sang penyair; "saat cinta menggoda, masalah pun tiba!”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Biarkan aku meringankan bebanmu: Tak ada satu pun dalam kenanganmu tentang Kabul yang bertahan. Yang terbaik adalah melupakan semuanya.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Menetapkan harga sewa yang mencekik leher untuk sebuah rumah pantai di Hawaii adalah hal lain. Menetapkan harga yang sama tingginya untuk menghidupi anak-anakmu adalah hal yang berbeda.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Pelajaran adalah hal yang berharga bagi anak laki-laki.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Seseorang yang tidak memiliki kesadaran, tidak memiliki kebaikan, tidak akan pernah menderita.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Dan inilah yang aku inginkan untuk kau pahami bahwa kebaikan, kebaikan yang nyata, muncul akibat rasa bersalah.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Sekarang hanya ada kau dan aku. Hanya kau dan aku.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Sudut pandang adalah kemewahan saat kepalamu terus diterpa dengungan yang mengerikan.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“E, no final das contas, a pergunta que acabava sempre se impondo era: como é que eu, entre todas as pessoas, poderia punir alguém pelo seu passado?”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“(...) Kabulul devenise pentru mine un oraș al fantomelor. Un oraș al fantomelor cu buze de iepure.
America era diferită. America era un fluviu impetuos, nepăsător cu trecutul. Puteam să mă scufund în fluviul ăsta, să-mi las păcatele să se înece la fund, să las apele să mă ducă undeva, departe. Undeva unde nu sunt nici fantome, nici amintiri, nici păcate.
Chiar și numai pentru asta, am adoptat America.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner