khaled-hosseini

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783cfd6	Many years later when I began training as a plastic surgeon, I understood something that I had not that day in the kitchen arguing for Thalia to leave Tinos for the boarding school. I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that. My patients knew this. They saw that much of what they were, would be, or could be hinged on the symmetry of their bone structure, the space between their eyes, their chin length, the tip projection of their nose, whether they had an ideal nasofrontal angle or not. Beauty is an enormous unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.	and-the-mountains-echoed beauty cruel dreams hope khaled-hosseini pain plastic-surgeon sorrows superficial unfair unfairness-of-life world	Khaled Hosseini
607d2b2	The lucky ones, the ones who weren't here when the place was getting bombed to hell. We're not like these people. We shouldn't pretend we are. The stories these people have to tell, we're not entitled to them.	khaled-hosseini war	Khaled Hosseini
4310ba6	I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.	amir khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
6505998	I lay on the side of the dirt road next to a rocky trench, looked up to the gray morning sky, thankful for air, thankful for light, thankful to be alive.	khaled-hosseini thankful	Khaled Hosseini
c0f7a98	Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini). That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.	anecdotes hassan hussain india inspirational islam iyer jai khaled-hosseini mecca medina mohammad mohammed mohmet muslim pakistan pathan pathanvali peace philosophy prophet trivia when-strangers-meet	K. Hari Kumar
6612588	Jika kau sudah hidup selama aku, kau akan mengerti bahwa kekejaman dan kemuliaan hanyalah nuansa yang berbeda dari warna yang sama.	khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
80cc98b	Dan jika kau miskin, penderitaan menjadi mata uangmu.	khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
45d8540	I watch because of that look of acceptance in the animal's eyes. Absurdly, I imagine the animal understands. I imagined the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose.	animal khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
4042f15	He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.	betrayal hazan khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
40541dd	Seruas jari harus dipotong untuk menyelamatkan tangan.	khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini
da2457b	Mereka bernasib naas, memiliki ayah yang lemah. Seorang pengecut yang lebih memilih melihat mereka semua mati daripada menyiksa nuraninya sendiri.	khaled-hosseini	Khaled Hosseini

783cfd6

Many years later when I began training as a plastic surgeon, I understood something that I had not that day in the kitchen arguing for Thalia to leave Tinos for the boarding school. I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that. My patients knew this. They saw that much of what they were, would be, or could be hinged on the symmetry of their bone structure, the space between their eyes, their chin length, the tip projection of their nose, whether they had an ideal nasofrontal angle or not. Beauty is an enormous unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.

and-the-mountains-echoed beauty cruel dreams hope khaled-hosseini pain plastic-surgeon sorrows superficial unfair unfairness-of-life world

Khaled Hosseini

607d2b2

The lucky ones, the ones who weren't here when the place was getting bombed to hell. We're not like these people. We shouldn't pretend we are. The stories these people have to tell, we're not entitled to them.

khaled-hosseini war

Khaled Hosseini

4310ba6

I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

amir khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

6505998

I lay on the side of the dirt road next to a rocky trench, looked up to the gray morning sky, thankful for air, thankful for light, thankful to be alive.

khaled-hosseini thankful

Khaled Hosseini

c0f7a98

Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini). That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.

anecdotes hassan hussain india inspirational islam iyer jai khaled-hosseini mecca medina mohammad mohammed mohmet muslim pakistan pathan pathanvali peace philosophy prophet trivia when-strangers-meet

K. Hari Kumar

6612588

Jika kau sudah hidup selama aku, kau akan mengerti bahwa kekejaman dan kemuliaan hanyalah nuansa yang berbeda dari warna yang sama.

khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

80cc98b

Dan jika kau miskin, penderitaan menjadi mata uangmu.

khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

45d8540

I watch because of that look of acceptance in the animal's eyes. Absurdly, I imagine the animal understands. I imagined the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose.

animal khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

4042f15

He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

betrayal hazan khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

40541dd

Seruas jari harus dipotong untuk menyelamatkan tangan.

khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini

da2457b

Mereka bernasib naas, memiliki ayah yang lemah. Seorang pengecut yang lebih memilih melihat mereka semua mati daripada menyiksa nuraninya sendiri.

khaled-hosseini

Khaled Hosseini