AMIR AND BABA RELATIONSHIP QUOTES

“For you, a thousand times over.” – Amir

“But a part of me was glad … happier than I’d ever been that Baba was my father.” – Amir

“He motioned for me to sit down next to him on the bed. It had been a long time since Baba had sat on my bed with me.” – Amir

“I was learning that Baba had been a thief of the worst kind, because the things he’d stolen had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honor.” – Amir

“There was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breasts, a kinship that not even time could break.” – Amir

“Baba loved the idea of America. It was living in America that gave him an ulcer.” – Amir

“I realized something: That last thought had brought no sting with it. Closing that door on the past had been a good, though painful, thing.” – Amir

“Baba was always telling us about how he was in the middle of a football tackle and ran toward the wrong goal and scored a goal for the other team.” – Amir

“When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.” – Baba

“Baba loved the trick where he’d put a hand under a person’s rear and make them fall in slow motion.” – Amir

“I hadn’t spoken to him in weeks. Baba and I were no longer stepping on each other’s toes.” – Amir

“I want to forget. I want to forget him. The smell of sweaty tobacco and tea rose that always clung to him.” – Amir

“Baba’s phone call hadn’t surprised me at first, but the slightly plaintive tone in his voice had.” – Amir MOTIVATIONAL INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES IN ENGLISH

“My whole life, I had been a ghost in my own home.” – Amir

“It was just a house now that Baba was gone.” – Amir

“Baba had wrestled bears, escaped poverty, built an empire. That was the way I wanted my father to be remembered.” – Amir

“Baba was, as always, oblivious to the nuances of irony.” – Amir

“For even at that age, I had learned that in your father’s eyes is the ultimate trophy.” – Amir

“You’ve always been afraid of Baba, Amir, of his disapproval.” – Rahim Khan

“Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn’t I?” – Amir

“Baba regarded him [Hassan] with eyes that held no judgment, only affection.” – Amir

“Baba would wrestle a bear if you dared him and win.” – Amir

“For me, the past was always something to be avoided.” – Amir

“Hassan was more than my friend. He was my brother.” – Amir

“In the end, a smile with Baba’s eyes flickered on Hassan’s face. And that was how I remembered him best: turned toward me, smiling.” – Amir