It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
—Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner
About Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini (; Persian/Pashto خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan...