Khaled Hosseini

"A creative writing teacher at San Jose State used to say about clichés: 'Avoid them like the plague.' Then he'd laugh at his own joke. The class laughed along with him, but I always thought clichés got a bum rap. Because, often, they're dead-on. But the aptness of the clichéd saying is overshadowed by the nature of the saying as a cliché."

"Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head."

"I see you've confused what you're learning in school with actual education."

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

"On a high mountain I stood, And cried the name of Ali, Lion of God.O Ali, Lion of God, King of Men, Bring joy to our sorrowful hearts."