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And the Mountains Echoed
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"And the Mountains Echoed" Quotes

"And the Mountains Echoed" follows the interconnected lives of multiple characters as they navigate love, loss, and the enduring bonds of family.

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A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.

Khaled Hosseini

storytellingdestiny

Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.

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beautyrandomness

There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.

Khaled Hosseini

childhoodafghanistan

She didn't realize that the hardest thing isn't making the decision. It's living with the consequences.

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decision makingconsequences

In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil.

Khaled Hosseini

morality

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

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hopewaiting

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

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forgivenessunderstanding

We are the music of our own lives.

Khaled Hosseini

self-discoverylife

It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

Khaled Hosseini

fearmotivation

He knew that dreams were the only things in life that required no effort at all.

Khaled Hosseini

dreamseffort