There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
Interpretation
This quote highlights the deep connection and bond that forms between people who share a close upbringing or experience.
Khaled Hosseini's quote reflects on the profound bond of brotherhood that can develop among individuals who have shared significant life experiences, especially in childhood. This kinship transcends the passage of time and the complexities of life, suggesting that such connections are deeply rooted and enduring, illustrating the intrinsic ties of family and shared nurturing.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of family ties, one might say this quote to illustrate the enduring connection of siblings.
You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.
I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.
Perspective [is] a luxury when your head [is] constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.
The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.
It would be erroneous to say Sohrab was quiet. Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. Sohrab's silence wasn't the self imposed silence of those with convictions, of protesters who seek to speak their cause by not speaking at all. It was the silence of one who has taken cover in a dark place, curled up all the edges and tucked them under.
Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.
Human beings need to feel that they are lovable and capable of loving.
Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.
He was making her feel small and absurdly petulant and, worse yet, she suspected he was right. She always suspected he was right. For a brief irrational moment, she wished she could walk away from him. Then she wished, more rationally, that she could love him without needing him. Need gave him power without his trying; need was the choicelessness she often felt around him.
You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was taken away from me. My father passed away thinking I still had to go back to his way of believing.
We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.
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