Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the author's lifelong concern with economic inequality and its impact on society.
Khaled Hosseini expresses a deep-seated fascination with the economic disparities that exist between individuals. His awareness of this 'economic chasm' has been a continuous theme throughout his life and writings, indicating that he not only acknowledges the issue but also feels compelled to explore and critique its implications on human relationships and society as a whole.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of addressing economic disparities.
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.
There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir
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.
The greatest myth about mass incarceration is that it has been driven by crime and crime rates. It's just not true.
Pain is the most individualized thing on earth. It is true that it is the great common bond as well, but that realization only comes when it is over. To suffer is to be alone. To watch another suffer is to know the barrier that shuts each of us away by himself Only individuals can suffer.
Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic.
Tokenism does not change stereotypes of social systems but works to preserve them, since it dulls the revolutionary impulse.
Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need
I have no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me.
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