A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one wok — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one wok — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one wok — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one wok — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one wok — Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn't have to live with this lie anymore. But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it.

— Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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