”Kabul is my home”.

”Dying”

”I don’t think I will see the end of summer”

”I miss him so much”

”I want to tell you about Hassan”.

”A thing made of skin and bones pretending to be Rahim Khan”.

”The biggest one, Allah forgive me, was that I was lonely”.

”An unbearable emptiness”

”he lived in the only house in the village that had a walled garden”.

”Hassan read me your mothers books”

”She handed him to Hassan and he handed him to me”

”There is a way to be good again”

”but it’s Rahim Khans pinky my fingers are curled around”

”children aren’t colouring books. you dont get to fill them wit your favourite colours”

”yes, a mean streak”

”As always it was Rahim Khan who rescued me”

”He held out his hand and favored me with a smile”

”That word was brave[or bravo]”

 ”I sat on my bed and wished Rahim Khan had been my father”.

”Your friend, Rahim”.

”I leave you in the hands of god’.

”I know that in the end, god will forgive”

”I loved him because he was my friend’.

”My heart bled for you’

'he loved you both'

'what you did was wrong, Amir Jan but do not forget that you were a boy when it happened.'

'I hope your suffering comes to an end'.

'I did know'

'Amir Jan, I am ashamed for the lies we told you all these years'.

'but it's Rahim Khan's pinky my fingers are curled around'

'Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with with your favourite colours'

'As always it was Rahim Khan who rescued me'

'That word was bravo'

'I sat on my bed and wished Rahim Khan had been my father'

'Your friend, Rahim'

'He was the first grown-up I ever thought of as a friend'

'A scar above his eye'

'Kabul is my home'

'I don't think I will see the end of summer'

'I miss him so much'

'I want to tell you about Hassan;

'A thing made of skin + bones pretending to be Rahim Khan'

'I was lonely'

'but, even then, I was not a young man anymore'

'But when new of your father's death reached me…for the first time, I felt a terrible loneliness in that house. An unbearable emptiness'

'I want you to go to Kabul, I want you to bring Sohrab here'

'I'm a dying man, and I will not be insulted'

'What I'm asking from you is to grant an old man his dying wish'

'Your father like you, was a tortured soul'

'I hope your suffering comes to an end with this journey to Afghanistan'