There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

It’s easier to donate a few thousands to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement. It’s simple to seek substitutes for competence—such easy substitutes: love, charm, kindness, charity. But there is no substitute for competence.

That old black magic has me in its spell, That old black magic that you weave so well; Icy fingers up and down my spine, The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don’t either of you ask me for more.

Written By Khaled Hosseini

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