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"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975"
First sentence in the novel, foreshadowing of the event in the alley that changes Amir's life forever
100
"Lets see, 'Imbecile'. It means smart intelligent"
Amir teasing Hassan about his inability to read
100
"Would I ever lie to you.."
Hassan to Amir when Amir asked him how he knew where the kite was going to drop.
100
"You would tell me? Inshallah, you would tell me if something had happened?"
Ali said to Amir about Hassan's withdrawn behavior after the day of the tournament.
100
"Come to my office, " he said. " We're all going to sit down and settle this thing."
Baba said to Amir after he told him Hassan stole from him
200
"There is a way to be good again"
Rahim Khan's phone call to Amir in December 2001, asking him to return to Pakistan
200
" Well, that's very good, isn't it?" he said. Then nothing more. He just looked at me through a cloud of smoke.
Baba said to Amir when he told him he wrote a story
200
"So everyone is scared to get in the water and you kick off your shoes and take off your shirt."
Hassan said to Amir about the dream he had the night before the kite tournament.
200
"Lately all he seems to want to do is sleep"
Ali said to Amir when he asked if Hassan could come out and play.
200
"Will you take us to the bus station, Agha sahib?"
Ali said to Baba before the left forever
300
" This is grown ups' time. Why don't you go and read one of those books of yours?"
Baba said this to Amir when he asked if he could sit with him in his smoking room
300
" Couldn't he have just smelled an onion?"
Hassan to Amir about his story
300
"There is no monster."
Hassan to Amir when he loses confidence before the tournament, reminding him of his dream
300
He dropped the tulip bulb and buried the trowel in the dirt. Took of his gardening gloves. I'd startled him."Chi? What did you say?"
Baba said to Amir when he asked if he thought about getting new servants.
300
'Haven't I taught you anything?"
Baba to Amir when he tried to stop him from interfering with the Russian soldier's plan to rape the woman in the truck.
400
"Hey, you!" he said. "I know you." " I knew your mother, did you know that? I knew her real good."
Soldier to Hassan about Sanuabar
400
" They're hunting ducks."
Ali said to Hassan and Amir so they would not be scared of the gun fire
400
"Of course they've probably caught him by now"
Old merchant at the marketplace said to Amir when he asked him if he'd seen Hassan
400
" Are you satisfied? Do you feel better?"
Hassan to Amir after he threw the pomegranates at him and told him to hit him back
400
"How long for the parts?"
Baba to Karim the truck driver.
500
" there is only one sin"
Baba said this to Amir about the only sin being theft.
500
"So does my father," he mimicked.
Assef mimicking Amir when he said his father knew the new president
500
"That's generous," "Especially after the rude manners he showed us last time."
Assef's sidekick Kamal said to Hassan in the alley.
500
" I picked out your present myself"
Assef said to Amir at his birthday party.
500
"Think of something good"
Baba to Amir when they were traveling across the border in the fuel truck