And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damagin… - Khaled Hosseini

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And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.

Khaled Hosseini

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Khaled Hosseini (born March 4, 1965) is a physician and author of the best selling novel, The Kite Runner.

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Native Name: خالد حسینی

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the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion

"Love was a damaging mistake and its accomplice,hope, a treacherous illusion".

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Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her.

Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end…crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis (nomads).

J’aurais dû être plus gentille — I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.

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