"I want my old life back."

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

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

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

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

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

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

“There is a way to be good again...”

“It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.”

“I'm so afraid. Because I'm so profoundly happy. Happiness like this is frightening...They only let you this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.”

"When we lived in Virginia, I ran away with an Afghan man"

"I'm letting you keep the kite. I'll let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I'm about to to do"

"You know, you can tell me anything you want, Amir jan. Anytime"

"You will never again refer to him as 'hazara boy' in my presence. He has a name and it's Sohrab"

"I'm going to close the door. Then he and I are going to finish an old bit of business. No matter what you hear, don't come in!"

"If I deny him one child, he takes ten"

"Have you ever thought about getting new servants?"

"We can't live here anymore"

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