Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.
To Baba about Amir
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Rahim Khan I see America has infused you with her optimism. But there is such a thing as God's will.
To Amir Rahim Khan There is a way to be good again.
To Amir Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. We're the real Afghans, not this flat-nosed Hazara. His people pollute our homeland. They dirty our blood. If idiots like you and your father hadn't taken these people in, we'd be rid of them.
Assef, referring to Hassan and the Hazara people
To Amir Rahim Khan There is a way to be good again.
To Amir Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. We're the real Afghans, not this flat-nosed Hazara. His people pollute our homeland. They dirty our blood. If idiots like you and your father hadn't taken these people in, we'd be rid of them.
Assef, referring to Hassan and the Hazara people
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