Paper 2 - Kite runner quotes Flashcards
“there is a way…
…to be good again”
“Sanaubar, a woman 19 years younger, a beautiful…
…but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonourable reputation”
“the pashtuns had quelled them with…
…unspeakable violence”
“I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. …
…I wanted Baba all to myself”
“there is only one sin, only one. And that is…
…theft. All other sin is a variation of theft”
“children aren’t colouring books. You don’t…
…get to fill them with your favourite colours”
“Baba gave us each a weekly allowance…
…of 10 Afghanis”
“I stopped reading them when…
…I saw he was much better at solving them than I was”
“taught by Hassan, of all people…
…Hassan who couldn’t read and had never written a single word in his entire life.”
“the generation of Afghan children who’s ears would know nothing but the sounds of…
…bombs and gunfire was not yet born.”
“for kite runners, the most coveted prize was the…
…last fallen kite of a winter tournament.”
“That right there was the single greatest moment of my 12 years of life,…
…seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at last.”
