The Kite Runner Quotations

Who speaks the following lines:

"In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things."

• Baba

• Rahim Khan

• Amir

• General Taheri

Who speaks the following lines:

"I make one mistake and suddenly everyone is talking... and I have to have my face rubbed in it for the rest of my life."

• Soraya

• Baba

• Amir

• Rahim Khan

Who speaks the following lines:

"There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft."

• Amir

• Hassan

• Ali

• Baba

Who speaks the following lines:

"I want my old life back."

• Sohrab

• Amir

• Hassan

• Soraya

Who speaks the following lines:

"... my entire life... had been a cycle of lies, betrayals, and secrets."

• Baba

• Soraya

• Sohrab

• Amir

Who speaks the following lines:

"Ethnic cleansing. I like it. I like the sound of it."

• Amir

• Assef

• General Taheri

• Farid

Who speaks the following lines:

"That's the real Afghanistan... You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it."

• Assef

• Rahim Khan

• Farid

• General Taheri

Who speaks the following lines:

"For you a thousand times over." - The first time it is spoken

• Amir

• Hassan

• Sohrab

• Ali

Who speaks the following lines:

"For you a thousand times over." -- The second time it is spoken in the novel

• Hassan

• Amir

• Ali

• Amir

Who speaks the following lines:

"People will ask. They will want to know why there is a Hazara boy living with our daughter."

• General Taheri

• Farid

• Assef

• Baba