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"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."

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"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."

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page 58, Maggie

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"'For you a thousand times over!' he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner". 

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"'For you a thousand times over!' he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner". 

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Pg. 71 - Doug

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"He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself."

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"He asked me to fetch Hassan too, but I lied and told him Hassan had the runs. I wanted Baba all to myself."

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Pg. 14
-Abdur-Rehman

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"In the end, I was Pashtun and he was Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that."

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"In the end, I was Pashtun and he was Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that."

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Page 27, maggie

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"This had to be a dream. Had to be. Tomorrow morning, I'd wake up, peek out the window: No grim-faced Russian soldiers patrolling the sidewalks, no tanks rolling up and down the streets of my city, their turrets swivelling like accusing fingers, no rubble, no curfews, no Russian Army Personnel Carriers weaving through the bazaars" - William

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..."You're the brother I never had, Ali, you know that. Please don't do this."
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Then I saw Baba do something I had never seen him before: he cried.
-Lara

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My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across big word that he didn’t know . I’d tease him , expose his ignorance . 

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My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across big word that he didn’t know . I’d tease him , expose his ignorance . 

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Page 30 Anton

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"Sometimes I wished he wouldn't do that. Wished he's let me be the favorite."

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"Sometimes I wished he wouldn't do that. Wished he's let me be the favorite."

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Page 54, maggie

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Then Hassan did pick up a pomegranate. He walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. 

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Then Hassan did pick up a pomegranate. He walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead. 

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p. 98
robin

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"They were foreign sounds to us then.  The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born (39)

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I turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan's next to last summer of peace and anonymity. 

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I turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan's next to last summer of peace and anonymity. 

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p. 99
robin

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"This was Hassan's final sacrifice for me... He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

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"This was Hassan's final sacrifice for me... He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

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Page 111, Claire

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Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn’t I? The least I could have done was to have had the decency to have turned out a little more like him. But I hadn’t turned out like him.
pg 20
-harry

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"I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake. in the grass, the monster in the lake."  (111)                    -Lara

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"I loved him in that moment, loved him more than I'd ever loved anyone, and I wanted to tell them all that I was the snake. in the grass, the monster in the lake."  (111)                    -Lara

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"If he'd said no, Baba would have believed. him because we all knew Hassan never lied."

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"If he'd said no, Baba would have believed. him because we all knew Hassan never lied."

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Page 111, Claire

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He positioned himself behind Hassan. Hassan didn't struggle. Didn't even whimper. He moved his head slightly and I caught a glimpse of his face. Saw the resignation in it. It was a look I had seen before. It was the look of a lamb. (pg.81)
- Téa

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By the end of the summer, the scraping of spoon and fork against the plate had replaced dinner table chatter and Baba had resumed retreating to his study after supper.

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By the end of the summer, the scraping of spoon and fork against the plate had replaced dinner table chatter and Baba had resumed retreating to his study after supper.

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p. 99
robin

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"'Hit me back!' I spat. 'Hit me back, goddamn you!' I wished he would. I wished he'd give me the punishment I craved, so maybe I'd finally sleep at night".

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"'Hit me back!' I spat. 'Hit me back, goddamn you!' I wished he would. I wished he'd give me the punishment I craved, so maybe I'd finally sleep at night".

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Page 98 - Doug

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Except Baba stunned me by saying, "I forgive you". (112) -Lara

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Except Baba stunned me by saying, "I forgive you". (112) -Lara

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"I flinched, like I'd been slapped. My heart sank and I almost blurted out the truth. Then I understood: This was Hassan's final sacrifice for me. If he'd said no, Baba would have believed him because we all knew Hassan never lied. And if Baba believed him, then I'd be the accused; I would have to explain and I would be revealed for what I really was".

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"I flinched, like I'd been slapped. My heart sank and I almost blurted out the truth. Then I understood: This was Hassan's final sacrifice for me. If he'd said no, Baba would have believed him because we all knew Hassan never lied. And if Baba believed him, then I'd be the accused; I would have to explain and I would be revealed for what I really was".

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Julian

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"He'd referred to Assef as 'Agha', and I wondered briefly what it must be like to live with such an ingrained sense of one's place in a hierarchy."

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"He'd referred to Assef as 'Agha', and I wondered briefly what it must be like to live with such an ingrained sense of one's place in a hierarchy."

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Page 45, maggie

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"They spoke. "He says this is war. There is no shame in war." "Tell him he's wrong. War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in time of peace."
William

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"For how he'd grow old in that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had." (62) -Lara

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"For how he'd grow old in that mud shack in the yard, the way his father had." (62) -Lara

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"Hassan's face was my earliest memory and I knew all of it's subtle nuances, knew each and every twitch and flicker that ever rippled across it."

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"Hassan's face was my earliest memory and I knew all of it's subtle nuances, knew each and every twitch and flicker that ever rippled across it."

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Page 45, maggie

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"My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next."

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"My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don't order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them 'sister' the next."

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p 105
asseel

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“What does he know, that illiterate Hazara? He’ll never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize me.”

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“What does he know, that illiterate Hazara? He’ll never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize me.”

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Pg. 37
-Abdur-Rehman

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"We rode in silence for about fifteen minutes before the young woman's husband suddenly stood and did something I'd seen many others do before him: He kissed Baba's hand"
- William

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"My smile broadened. That was another thing about Hassan. He always knew when to say the right thing... "

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"My smile broadened. That was another thing about Hassan. He always knew when to say the right thing... "

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Page 40, maggie

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"Baba and I immersed ourselves in a sweet illusion, saw each other in a way that we never had before. We’d actually deceived ourselves into thinking that a toy made of tissue paper, glue, and bamboo could somehow close the chasm between us."

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"Baba and I immersed ourselves in a sweet illusion, saw each other in a way that we never had before. We’d actually deceived ourselves into thinking that a toy made of tissue paper, glue, and bamboo could somehow close the chasm between us."

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pg 93
asseel

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"Do what?"..."Eat dirt if I told you to," ... "If you asked, I would"

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"Do what?"..."Eat dirt if I told you to," ... "If you asked, I would"

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page 57,58, lara

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"But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend". 

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"But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend". 

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Pg. 27
Julian

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"Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba."

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"Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba."

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Pg. 82
-Abdur-Rehman

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"the official would come first in April 1979, when Russian tanks would roll into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of Afghanistan  I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting."  (39)

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"the official would come first in April 1979, when Russian tanks would roll into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of Afghanistan  I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting."  (39)

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- Matt

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"I wished I too had some scar that would beget Baba’s sympathy. It wasn’t fair. Hassan hadn’t done anything to earn Baba’s affections; he’d just been born with that stupid harelip."

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"I wished I too had some scar that would beget Baba’s sympathy. It wasn’t fair. Hassan hadn’t done anything to earn Baba’s affections; he’d just been born with that stupid harelip."

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pg 50
asseel

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"But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend."

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"But in none of his stories did Baba ever refer to Ali as his friend."

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Page 27, maggie