People in the countryside carry a sense of dignity. They wear it, don't they? Like a badge? I'm being genuine.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that people from the countryside embody a deep sense of dignity that is visibly expressed in their demeanor.
Khaled Hosseini highlights the innate dignity possessed by individuals in the countryside, presenting it as a significant aspect of their identity. This dignity, akin to a badge, is not merely a superficial trait but reflects authenticity and genuine character, emphasizing the value of simplicity and self-respect inherent in rural life.
In practice
In a speech on rural values, one might say, 'As Khaled Hosseini observed, people in the countryside carry a sense of dignity that reflects their genuine character.'
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.
Beyond my anxiety, beyond this writing,_x000D_ the universe waits, inexhaustible, inviting.
All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.
When the labourer co-operates systematically with others, he strips off the fetters of his individuality, and develops the capabilities of his species.
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
A historical perspective can also help free us from the ever-present danger -- especially at danger in the social sciences -- of absolutizing a theory or method which is actually relative to the fact that we live at a given moment in time in the development of our particular culture.
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