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Quotes About Identity

Blood is a powerful thing, bachem, never forget that.
~ Khaled Hosseini
That's the real Afghanistan, Agha sahib. That's the Afghanistan I know. You? You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it
~ Khaled Hosseini
Pero la gente por lo general tiene una idea muy equivocada de sí misma. Creen que viven en función de lo que desean, cuando en el fondo lo que los guía es aquello que temen. Aquello que no desean.
~ Khaled Hosseini
El niño hindú aprendería muy pronto lo que los británicos descubrieron a principios de siglo y los rusos a finales de la década de los ochenta: que los afganos son un pueblo independiente.
~ Khaled Hosseini
tuve la sensación de que estaba viendo dos caras al mismo tiempo, la que conocía, la que era mi primer recuerdo, y otra, una segunda que estaba escondida bajo la superficie
~ Khaled Hosseini
I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.
~ Khaled Hosseini
He said that if culture was a house, then language was the key to the front door, to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Comprendí que el mundo no ve el interior de las personas, y que poco le importan las esperanzas, penas y sueños que albergamos bajo una máscara de piel y de hueso. Es así de sencillo, cruel y absurdo.
~ Khaled Hosseini
They made her aware of her own lowliness, her plain looks, her lack of aspirations, her ignorance of so many things.
~ Khaled Hosseini
largo: —¿Ésta eres tú? —Y éste tú, tío Idris. —¿O sea que antes tenías el pelo largo? —Mi hermana me lo cepillaba todas las noches.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Les enfants ne sont pas des livres de coloriage. Tu ne peux pas les peindre avec tes couleurs préférées.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Eres un hombre honorable, Amir agha. Un verdadero afgano. —Me encogí interiormente—. Me siento orgulloso de hospedarte esta noche en mi casa —dijo Wahid.
~ Khaled Hosseini
All her life, Parwana had made sure to avoid standing in front of a mirror with her sister [...] But in public, every stranger's eye was a mirror. There was no escape
~ Khaled Hosseini
Notaba el frío del suelo bajo los pies descalzos y, de pronto, por primera vez desde que habíamos cruzado la frontera, sentí que estaba de vuelta en casa. Después de todos aquellos años, estaba de nuevo en casa, pisando la tierra de mis antepasados.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Mammy was now the curator of their lives' museum and she, Laila, a mere visitor.
~ Khaled Hosseini
I sense something deep inside me drawing me in, tugging at me like an undertow. I want to give in to it, be seized by it. I want to give up my bearings, slip out of who I am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Tak usah pedulikan semua itu. Karena sejarah tak akan mudah disangkal. Begitu pula agama. Pada akhirnya aku adalah seorang Pashtun dan dia seorang Hazara, aku seorang Sunni dan dia seorang Syi'ah, dan tidak ada yang bisa mengubahnya. Tidak ada.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Les yeux sont le miroir de l'âme affirme-t-on. Jamais ce dicton n'a été plus vrai que dans le cas d'Ali, car elle ne pouvait se dévoiler qu'à travers eux.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Mammy was soon asleep, leaving Laila with dueling emotions: reassured that Mammy meant to live on, stung that she was not the reason. She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed, swelled and crashed.
~ Khaled Hosseini
But Laila knew that her future was no match for her brothers' past. They had overshadowed her in life. They would obliterate her in death.
~ Khaled Hosseini
His parents were executed in the street. The neighbors saw it. You have death certificates? - Death certificates? This is Afghanistan we're talking about. Most people there don't have birth certificates.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Perkataan Hassan ini membuatku bersedih. Aku bersedih untuk jati diri Hassan, dan untuk tempatnya tinggal. Untuk kepasrahannya menerima kenyataan bahwa dia akan menua di pondok tanah liat di halaman, seperti yang terjadi pada ayahnya.
~ Khaled Hosseini
You have death certificates? Death certificates? This is Afghanistan we're talking about. Most people there don't have birth certificates.
~ Khaled Hosseini
People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Never was that more true than with Ali, who could only reveal himself through his eyes.
~ Khaled Hosseini