Kite Runner Amir Quotes

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir

It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting. - Amir

And this is what I want you to understand, that good, real good, was born out of your father's remorse. Sometimes, I thing everything he did, feeding the poor on the streets, building the orphanage, giving money to friends in need, it was all his way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.

I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.

it is a heartBreaking sound, Amir Jan, the Wailing of a mother. I pray to Allah you Never hear it.

There was brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that even time could not break. - Amir

Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name. Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975 —and all that followed— was already laid in those first words.

And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir Jan, when guilt leads to good.

I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir,” he said.

I lay on the side of the dirt road next to a rocky trench, looked up to the gray morning sky, thankful for air, thankful for light, thankful to be alive.

It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir,

It was Homaira and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan : in the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

It was Homaira and me against the world. And I’ll tell you this, Amir jan: In the end, the world always wins. That’s just the way of things.

He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

And so it was that, about a week later, we crossed a strip of warm, black tarmac and I brought Hassan's son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty.

There are only three real men in this world, Amir," he'd say. He'd count them off on his fingers: America the brash saviour, Britain and Israel. "The rest of them-" he used to wave his hand and make a phht sound "-they're like gossiping old women.

Itukan hanya mimpi Amir agha. Dalam mimpi kita bisa melakukan apa saja - Hassan

I wanted to pull him close, hold him, tell him the world had been unkind to him, not the other way around.

Then I’ll tell you,” Baba said, “but first understand this and understand it now, Amir: You’ll never learn anything of value from those bearded idiots.” “You mean Mullah Fatiullah Khan?

I watch because of that look of acceptance in the animal’s eyes. Absurdly, I imagine the animal understands. I imagined the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose.

Hanya ada aku dan Homaira melawan seluruh dunia. Dan aku memberitahumu Amir jan. Pada akhirnya, dunia akan selalu menang. Begitulah dunia berjalan.

Dia lebih memilih orang lain daripada kamu. Dia lebih memilih orang lain daripada kamu - Amir

It was Honiara and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir Jan : In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.

Remember Amir agha. "There's no monster, just a beautiful day,

Bravo, Amir. You're a good son.

Forse non è giusto, ma ciò che succede in pochi giorni, a volte in un solo giorno, può cambiare un'intera vita, Amir.

Forse non è giusto, ma ciò che succede in pochi giorni, a volte un solo giorno, può cambiare un’intera vita, Amir.

For you, a thousand times over." "Amir and Hassan. The Sultans of Kabul." "That was the night I became an insomniac." "For me, America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba, a place to mourn his." "Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals all the details for itself." "He walked like he was afraid to leave behind footsteps. He moved as if not to stir the air around him. Mostly, he slept." "It was the silence of one who has taken cover in a dark place, curled up all the edges and tucked them under.

but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir,” he said.

She thought of the first time she was rude to Mr. P, and how Aidan, and Kyle, had convinced her to right her wrong—just like Amir had done in The Kite Runner. It was true—it wasn’t too late to be a good person. Never. Aleisha now felt a strange sense of pride for the old man—she knew that Mr. P was lonely, but he was starting to do things to help himself. He was doing so well.

It was Homaira and me against the world. And I'll tell you this, Amir jan: In the end, the world always wins. that's just the way of things.

The list wasn't just a distraction for her anymore. She'd learned how to fight for something you believe in from Attics Finch; she'd learned how to survive with a tiger like Pi; she'd learned never to stay in a creepy house in Cornwall, maybe just go to a B&B or something instead' and from Amir in The Kite Runner she'd discovered it was never too late to do the right thing.

Look, I know there's a fondness between you and him and I'm happy about that. Envious, but happy. I mean that. He needs someone who . . . understands him, because God knows I don't. But something about Amir troubles me in a way that I can't express. It's like . . .' I could see him searching, reaching for the right words. He lowered his voice, but I heard him anyway. '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.