Kite Runner quotes

Theme quotes for ‘the Kite Runner’
1. ‘But he’s not my friend! I almost blurted. He’s my servant!’ (page 36) – Class differences, human nature, friendship & inhumanity.
2. ‘Afghans are an independent people. Afghans cherish custom but abhor rules. And so it was with kite fighting. The rules were simple: No rules. Fly your kite. Cut the opponents. Good luck’ (page 45) – Values and morals & father and sons.
3. ‘I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken Dealt with’ (page 144) – Human nature, courage, choices, lies and secrets & values and morals.
4. ‘But despite Baba’s successes, people were always doubting him. They told baba that running a business wasn’t in his blood and he should study law like his father. So Baba proved them wrong by not only running his own business but becoming one of the richest merchants in Kabul’ (page 13) – Fathers and sons, loyalty, faith, values and morals & human nature.
5. ‘Hassan was standing at the blind end of the alley in a defiant stance: fists curled legs slightly apart. Behind him, sitting on piles of scrap and rubble, was the blue kite. My key to Baba’s heart’ (page 62) – Father and sons, loyalty, friendship, brotherhood, inhumanity, values and morals, honour & faith.
6. ‘I loved wintertime in Kabul…But mostly because, as the trees froze and ice sheathed the roads, the chill between Baba and me thawed a little. And the reason for that were the kites. Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of existence.’ (page 43) – Father and sons, brotherhood & friendship.
7. ‘And maybe, just maybe, I would finally be pardoned for killing my mother’ (page 49) – Father and sons, guilt and redemption, loyalty & atonement.
8. ‘Never mind any of those things. Because history isn’t easy to overcome. Neither is religion. In the end, I was Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi’a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing.’ (page 22) – Class differences, friendship, human nature & choices.
9. ‘It had seeped into our marriage, that emptiness, into our laughs, and our love making. And late at night, in the darkness of our room, I’d feel it rising from Soraya and settling between us. Sleeping between us. Like a newborn child.’ (page 165) – The role of women, values and morals & faith.
10. ‘If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes. I’d never believe he’s my son.’ (page 20) – Father and sons, atonement, choices, the role of a mother, human nature & lies and secrets.
11. ‘I was fully aware of the Afghan double standard that favoured my gender’ (page 128) – Class differences, inhumanity & the role of women.
12. ‘Hassan understood I was just nervous Hassan always understood about me’ (page 53) – Friendship, brotherhood & loyalty.
13. ‘Remember, Amir Agha. There’s no monster, just a beautiful day.’ (page 54) – Brotherhood, loyalty, courage, faith & human nature.

14. ‘One of his greatest fears: that an Afghan would see him buying food with charity money’ (page 114) – Choices, values and morals & honour.
15. ‘”Tell him I’ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place,” Baba said’ (page 101) – Loyalty, choices, human nature, values and morals & honour.
16. ‘Ali turned around, caught me aping him. He didn’t say anything. Not then, not ever. He just kept walking.’ (page 7) – Brotherhood, loyalty, choices, class differences, inhumanity & values of morals.
17. ‘That she never sing in public had been one of the general’s conditions when they had married.’ (page 154) – Lies and secrets, choices & the role of women.
18. ‘Then I understood: This was Hassan’s final sacrifice for me…I wasn’t worthy of this sacrifice; I was a liar, a cheat and a thief.’ (page 91) – Friendship, brotherhood, loyalty, guild and redemption, good vs. evil, & honour.
19. ‘”But I wonder,” he added. “Would you ever ask me to do such a thing, Amir agha?” And, just like that, he had thrown at me his own little test. If I was going to toy with him and challenge his loyalty, then he’d toy with me, test my integrity.’ (page 48) – Friendship, choices, class differences, loyalty & honour.
20. ‘”I make one mistake and suddenly everyone is talking nang and namoos, and I have my face rubbed in it for the rest of my life”’ (page 156) – Human nature, inhumanity & values and morals.

Friendship
Brotherhood
Loyalty
Fathers and sons Lies and secrets Guilt and redemption Courage
Atonement
Choices
Faith
Human nature
Class
differences
The role of women Good vs Evil
Inhumanity
Values and morals The role of a
Mother
Honour