Quotes- Kite Runner

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'Amir' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (brotherhood)

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"There was a brotherhood between people // a kinship that not even time could break." pg 10

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'Amir' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (price, lamb, win)

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"Hassan was the price I had to pay the lamb I had to slay to win Baba."

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'Amir' and 'Father / Son Relationships'

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"Didn’t all fathers // harbour a desire to kill their sons?" pg 28

"My whole life, I had been Baba’s son"

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'Amir' and 'Religious faith'

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"Most days I worshiped Baba with an intensity approaching the religious." pg 30

“I see that Baba is wrong. There is a God.”

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'Amir' and 'Loyalty' (servant)

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“But he’s not my friend! He’s my servant!” pg 38

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'Hassan' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship'

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“ For you a thousand times over.”

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'Hassan' and 'Father / Son Relationships'

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“Agha sahib was like my second father” pg 192

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'Hassan' and 'Religious faith' (Agha)

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He’d referred to Assef as ‘Agha’ pg 39

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'Baba' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (Pashtuns)

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"There’s no one you’d rather have at your side than a Pashtun." pg 147

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'Baba' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (change the course)

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“It may be unfair but sometimes what happens // can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir” pg 131

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'Baba' and 'Father / Son Relationships' (my son)

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"if I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son."

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'Baba' and 'Religious faith'

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“What’ll save us is 8 cylinders and a good carburetor”pg 111

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'Ali' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (architect, labourer)

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"But, Agha sahib, tell them who was the architect of the mischief and who the poor labourer?”
Pg 24

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'Ali' and 'Father / Son Relationships'

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"Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close, clutched him with tenderness."
Pg 33

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'Ali' and 'Loyalty'

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"Like Hassan, Ali was incapable of lying.” pg 41

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (thought highly)

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“You’ve always thought too highly of me Rahim Khan,” CHPT 17

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Betrayal & Redemption'

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“There is a way to be good again.”

"I think we both know why it has to be you, don’t we?”
Pg 204

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Father / Son Relationships' (children)

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"Children aren’t Colouring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favourite colours.”

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'Assef' and 'Betrayal & Redemption'

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"This isn’t the end for you either Amir. Someday I’ll make you face me one on one.”

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'Assef' and 'Religious faith'

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"Afghanistan for Pashtuns, I say. That’s my vision." pg 38

"Knowing your doing God’s work." pg 255

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'Assef' and 'Loyalty'

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"How can you call him your friend?" pg 38

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'Fahrid' and 'Religious faith'

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"No shortage of police in this city." pg 226

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'Fahrid' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship'

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“You’ve always been a tourist here.” pg 215

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'Sohrab' and 'Religious faith'

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“I’ve been thinking a lot about mosques lately” pg 292

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'General Taheri' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship'

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“Ask me like you’d ask a brother” pg 147

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'General Taheri' and 'Father / Son Relationships'

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“Boys and girls must know the legacy of their fathers” pg 131

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'Amir' and 'Loyalty' (secret words)

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“words were secret doorways and I held all the keys." pg 28

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'Amir' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (Hassan friends)

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"I never thought of Hassan and me as friends either."

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Father / Son Relationships' (father like Amir)

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“ your Father like you, was a tortured soul Amir jan.” pg 277

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (anything,anytime)

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“You know, you can tell me anything you want, Amir jan. Anytime.” pg 92

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (door open)

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"My door will always be open to you Amir jan" pg 31

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'Ali' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (Ali, friend)

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"But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend."
Pg 24

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'Baba' and 'Father / Son Relationships' (challenge)

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"Don’t you challenge me in public Amir. Ever. Who do you think you are?" pg 144

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'Baba' and 'Father / Son Relationships' (Hassan's birthday)

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"Baba never missed Hassan’s birthday." pg 41

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'Baba' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (Theft)

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"There is only one sin, only one and that is theft." pg 17

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'Baba' and 'Brotherhood & Kinship' (Afghans)

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“take two Afghans who’ve never met, put them in a room for 10 mins and they’ll figure out how they’re related." pg 231

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'Hassan' and 'Religious faith' (Sunni, Shi'a)

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"I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi’a, and nothing was ever going to change that." pg 24

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'Amir' and 'Loyalty' (Hassan, denied)

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“Hassan never denied me anything” pg 4

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'Amir' and 'Loyalty' (First words)

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"First words: Mine was Baba. his was Amir. My name." pg 10

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'Amir' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (peace)

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"What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace." pg 265

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'Amir' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (atone)

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"Rahim Khan has summoned me here to atone not just for my sins but for Baba’s too." pg 209

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'Rahim Khan' and 'Betrayal & Redemption' (why, you)

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"I think we both know why it has to be you, don’t we?”
Pg 204