It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.
—Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner
—Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner
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...
It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
—Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner