“In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their c...” — Khaled Hosseini Quote

“In Afghan society, parents play a central role in the lives of their children; the parent-child relationship is fundamental to who you are and what you become and how you perceive yourself, and it is laden with contradictions, with tension, with anger, with love, with loathing, with angst.”

“Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab [success], nah-kam [failure], crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slot, dusty caravan of kochis [nomads].”