{"id":410,"date":"2015-01-16T11:46:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T10:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/?p=410"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:24:35","slug":"the-kite-runner-useful-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/2015\/01\/16\/the-kite-runner-useful-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kite Runner &#8211; useful quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.\tThere is a way to be good again<br \/>\n2.\tFor you a thousand times over<br \/>\n3.\tI would eat dirt for you<br \/>\n4.\tIt was the look of the lamb<br \/>\n5.\tCoward! Coward!<br \/>\n6.\tRubble and beggars<br \/>\n7.\tYou will not refer to him as \u2018that Hazara boy\u2019 in front of me again. He has a name and it is Sohrab<br \/>\n8.\tThere is only one sin. And that is theft&#8230; when you tell a lie, you steal someone\u2019s right to the truth.<br \/>\n9.\tIt was only a smile, nothing more\u2026 but I\u2019ll take it.<br \/>\n10.\tWe won! We won!<br \/>\n11.\tAmir and Hassan \u2013 Sultans of Kabul<br \/>\n12.\tmy body was broken&#8211;just how badly I wouldn\u2019t find out until later&#8211;but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed.<br \/>\n13.\tI envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with.<br \/>\n14.\tNow, no matter what the mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.\u201d<br \/>\n15.\tChildren aren&#8217;t colouring books. You don&#8217;t get to fill them with your favourite colours.\u201d<br \/>\n16.\tHassan&#8217;s reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: Yes<br \/>\n17.\tTell him I&#8217;ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let his indecency take place.&#8221;<br \/>\n18.\t\u201cNo,\u201d I said.  \u201cI think he was ashamed of himself.\u201d<br \/>\n19.\t \u201cFather used to say it\u2019s wrong to hurt even bad people.  Because they don\u2019t know any better, and because bad people sometimes become good.\u201d<br \/>\n20.\t\u201cThere is a Talib official,\u201d he muttered.  \u201cHe visits once every month or two.  He brings cash with him, not a lot, but better than nothing at all.\u201d<br \/>\n21.\t\u201cLife here is impossible for us now, Agha sahib.  We\u2019re leaving.\u201d<br \/>\n22.\t\u201cYou bring me shame.  And Hassan\u2026.Hassan\u2019s not going anywhere, do you understand?\u201d<br \/>\n23.\t\u201cI hear he is a great kite runner.\u201d\u2026.\u201dAlthough I\u2019ve always wondered how he manages.  I mean, with those tight little eyes, how does he see anything?\u201d<br \/>\n24.\t\u201cAfghan is for Pashtuns, I say.  That\u2019s my vision.\u201d<br \/>\n25.\t\u201cA boy who can\u2019t stand up for himself becomes a man who can\u2019t stand up to anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. There is a way to be good again 2. For you a thousand times over 3. I would eat dirt for you 4. It was the look of the lamb 5. Coward! Coward! 6. Rubble and beggars 7. You will not refer to him as \u2018that Hazara boy\u2019 in front of me again. 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