Guilt Flashcards
(17 cards)
I _______ what i am today at the age of 12, on a _____ overcast day in the winter of ____.
I became what i am today at the age of 12, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.
Crouching behind a ___________ mud wall, peeking into the alley near the ______ creek
Crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek
Because the past _____ its way out. Looking back now, I realize i have been ______ into that _______ alley for the last __ years
Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize i have been peaking into that deserted alley for the last 26 years
I knew it wasn’t just Rahim Khan on the line. It was my ____ of _________ sins
I knew it wasn’t just Rahim Khan on the line. It was my past of unatoned sins
I glanced up and saw a _____ of _____…. soaring in the sky…. floating side by side like a pair of _____ looking down
I glanced up and saw a pair of kites…. soaring in the sky…. floating side by side like a pair of eyes looking down
those ______ old barbs of guilt ______ into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a ______, set them free to ______me anew.
those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a spell, set them free to torment me anew.
. Baba’s hidden guilt (Amir reflecting on his father)
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“someday you will see that when your father was ______ on you, he was also being ______ on himself.”
. Baba’s hidden guilt (Amir reflecting on his father)
“And his guilt. You are still angry and I realize it is far too early to expect you to accept this, but maybe someday you will see that when your father was hard on you, he was also being hard on himself.”
“My hands are ______with Hassan’s ______; I pray God doesn’t let them get ______ with the blood of his ______ too.”
“My hands are stained with Hassan’s blood; I pray God doesn’t let them get stained with the blood of his boy too.”
“I was ______ with such sudden guilt that I bolted to the bathroom and ______ in the sink.”
“My hands are stained with Hassan’s blood; I pray God doesn’t let them get stained with the blood of his boy too.”
“I wasn’t worthy of this ______; I was a liar, a ______, and a thief.”
“I watched Hassan get ______,” I said to no one. … “But no one woke up and in the ______ that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get ______ with it.”
“I watched Hassan get raped,” I said to no one. … “But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it.”
“There is a ______, there has to be, and now I will pray… forgive that I have ______, lied, and sinned with ______ only to turn to Him now in my hour of need…”
“There is a God, there has to be, and now I will pray… forgive that I have betrayed, lied, and sinned with impunity only to turn to Him now in my hour of need…”
“We had both ______ the people who would have given their lives for us. And with that came this ______: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone not just for my sins but for Baba’s too.”
“We had both betrayed the people who would have given their lives for us. And with that came this realization: that Rahim Khan had summoned me here to atone not just for my sins but for Baba’s too.”
“…______, real ______, was born out of your father’s ______. … And that, I believe, is what true ______ is, Amir jan, when guilt ______ to ______.”
“…good, real good, was born out of your father’s remorse. … And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”
“The streets were ______ with the ______of my past.”
“The streets were bursting with the ghosts of my past.”
“My body was ______… but I felt ______. Healed at last. I ______.”
“My body was broken… but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed.”
“I had one last ______ to make a decision. One ______ opportunity to b who I was going to be.”
“I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be.”
