Alright, this has been a big book in terms of teaching morality (what's right and wrong), redemption, unresolved past guilts, it has it all, and this book messes you up on its own way, it's one of those stories that stays with you, not because it's all about sunshine and good things/vibes, but because it's brutally honest about how messed up some people can be, and how hard it is to truly make things right after you screwed up the things, it's in the past, the train has already passed. Author says that characters are made up and fictional but deep down we all know how much truth lies beneath it, it's about Amir a kid who grows up in Afghanistan, and his best friend, Hassan, who's also his servant, they're very close but there's this imbalance because of their social classes... Amir is a Pashtun, the dominant and priviliged group, and Hassan is a Hazara who are looked down upon. This big difference is always there throughout the novel, always lurking in the background, even when they're flying kites and having fun. The big thing, turning point in plot happens in kite-flying tournament. Amir wins, which is a huge deal for him, but to really win, he needs Hassan to run and get the last kite that fell, being a loyal friend he goes after it, but he runs into these awful bullies, led by this "nazi" kid named Assef, he assaults Hassan and Amir witnesses it all, but he's too scared to do anything and just runs away like a coward, and that moment of cowardice haunts Amir for the rest of his life. He feels so guilty that he can't even stand to be around Hassan anymore...and he even frame things up to make Hassan, to show him as a thief in the house, Hassan and his father will leave. It's a terrible thing to do, which is driven by Amir's inability to face his own guilt... Years later, Amir gets a chance to maybe make all the things right. He goes back to his birthplace from States, which is now a war-torn, dangerous place, to rescue Hasan's son, Sohrab. The ending isn't perfectly happy, orphanage, Sohrab's cutting his wrist, and then silence... the main takeaway is here how choices we make, mostly the bad ones, can shape our lives for more years to come. That's it.

The human race has to learn how to leave the world alone and let what is called the natural homeostasis, that is the self-balancing process of nature, take care of the mess.

Now, how are we going to do that?

This is Japanese ceremonial tea. It's good on a cold day.

See, our problem is we don't really know how to stop. We've got something started and we see it's going in a wrong direction. And I think the difficulty is, to borrow an old Chinese saying, that when the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way.

In other words, there's something wrong with the way we think. And while that is there, everything we do will be a mess.

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have our dreams come true or have good things happen to us. And sometimes, no matter how far we've made it or
how much we've already accomplished, and we still don't feel content. Why is that? The answer isn't an easy one. Most likely, it's when we grapple with feelings of self-loathing. Self-loathing is defined as hatred for oneself that often manifests as anger, self-sabotage, a negative view of oneself, and low self-esteem. It's important for a person to be aware of their feelings and attitudes towards themselves so they can start to change for the better. Here are seven signs you may be suffering from self-loathing and just don't know it. One, you tear yourself down. Self-hate makes you your own worst critic. Keeping an eye on your shortcomings is a good thing, but not allowing yourself room to breathe stems from an immense dislike for your current self. You think extremely harsh things about yourself and indulge in self-pity a lot. So much that tearing yourself down has become a daily habit for you. Everyone makes mistakes.

— Francis Bacon

A human being who is reading a book may grow sleepy. Instead of continuing to read until the book is finished, he is just as likely to put the book aside and turn off the light. He has stepped "out of the system," and yet it seems the most natural thing in the world to us. Or, suppose person A is watching television when person B comes in the room, and shows evident displeasure with the situation Person A may think he understands the problem, and try to remedy it by exiting the present system (that television program), and flipping the channel knob, looking for a better show. Person B may have a more radio concept of what it is to"exit the system" - namely to turn the television off of course, there are cases where only a rare individual will have the vision to perceive a system which governs many peoples lives, a system which has never before even been recognized as a system; then such people often devote their lives to convincing other people that the system really is there and that it ought to be exited from!