Memorable quotes:
He would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could break.
Children aren't coloring books.You don't get to fill them with their favorite colors.
A farewell
Baba climbed halfway up the ladder, hopped back down and finished the sniffbox from his pocket. He emptied the box ad picked up a handful for dirtfrom the middle of the unpaved road. He kisse the dirt, poured it into the box. Sholved the box in his breast pocket, next to his heart
(Amir narrating about Baba just before leaving his country for the last time ) - pg 121.
America was different. America was a river, roaring waterway, unmindful of the past. I could wade into this river , let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far, someplace with no ghosts, no memories and no sins - pg 136.
A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer - pg 301.
Redemption
Sometimes, I think everything he did ,feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself . And that, I believe ,is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good - pg 302.
