Khalid Abdalla Quotes

Green Zone

Authority and Control in Uncertain Situations

Freddy It is not for you to decide what happens here.

[to Miller]

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

Loyalty and Tradition in Family Relationships

Amir Baba, have you ever thought about getting new servants?

Baba Why would I ever want to do that?

Amir I guess you wouldn't. It was just a question.

[already regretting it]

Baba I grew up with Ali. My father took him in, he loved Ali like his own son. 40 years Ali's been with my family. 40 goddamn years. And you think I'm just going to throw him out? I've never laid a hand on you, Amir, but you ever say that again... You bring me shame. And Hassan... Hassan's not going anywhere. Do you understand? I SAID, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

A Call for Lowering Altitude

Ziad Jarrah We must go lower.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Tension Escalates During Flight Crisis

Saeed Al-Ghamdi Ziad! Ahh!

[''Realizing that the passengers are moments away from breaking into the cockpit'']

Ziad Jarrah Allahu Akbar!

[''Realizing that his mission to strike the Capitol Building has failed, Jarrah puts the plane in a steep dive''; ''Outside, the passengers successfully weaken the door enough to tear it off its hinges'']

Todd Beamer Bring the pilot up!

[''As the passengers breach the cockpit, Jarrah yells in Arabic'']

Saeed Al-Ghamdi Pull it down!

[''in Arabic''; ''Passenger Mark Bingham enters the cockpit and grabs Saeed'']

Passengers shout at once Get him up! Grab his hands! Grab his hands! Get his hand!

Ziad Jarrah Hey! Hey! Give it to me! Give it to me!

[''In Arabic'']

Todd Beamer Pull it up!

[''As Burnett begins manhandling Jarrah, the picture of the Capitol Building is knocked off of the yoke'']

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

A Conversation About Charles Bronson's Heritage

Hassan I like Charles Bronson. Maybe someday we'll go to Iran.

Amir Why?

Hassan Maybe we'd see him somewhere. I could get his autograph.

Amir Charles Bronson's not Iranian.

Hassan He's not? So why does he speak Farsi with an Iranian accent?

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

The Transformation of Kabul's Citizens

Amir The citizens of Kabul were skeletons now. Skeletons selling naswar in the night market, skeletons drinking cups of strong tea, skeletons playing cards in the moonlight. They greeted me as I passed, teeth clacking together in their jaws. "Salaam, brother," they said. "Welcome home.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Tension Among Hijackers on the Flight

Ahmed Al Nami The passengers have gone to the back of the plane. They are talking together.

[''to Saeed in Arabic'']

Saeed Al Ghamdi What are we going to do? If they are planning an attack.

[''to Ziad in Arabic'']

Ziad Jarrah Oh God! Oh God!

[''In Arabic'']

Saeed Al Ghamdi How much longer?

[''In Arabic'']

Ziad Jarrah Twenty minutes.

[''In Arabic'']

Saeed Al Ghamdi Twenty minutes? We can't keep going for twenty minutes!

[''In Arabic'']

Ziad Jarrah The plane can't go any faster!

[''In Arabic'']

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

A Family's Hidden Truth Revealed

Amir You see, General Sahib, my father slept with his servant's wife, and she bore him a son named Hassan. Hassan is dead now. That boy sleeping in the other room is Hassan's son. He's my nephew. That's what you tell people when they ask. And one more thing, General Sahib: you will never again refer to him as "a Hazara boy" in my presence. He has a name, and it's Sohrab.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

A Moment of Anticipation and Resolve

Ziad Jarrah The brothers have hit both targets!

Saeed Al Ghamdi Shall I go and tell them?

Ziad Jarrah Yes. Tell them our time has come! Our time has come!

[''Saeed runs out of the cockpit'']

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Waiting for the Right Moment

Ziad Jarrah What are you doing here?

[''in Arabic, after al-Nami has sat down next to him'']

Ahmed al-Nami Why are we waiting?

Ziad Jarrah It's not the right time. Sit and I will give you the sign.

Ahmed al-Nami When?

Ziad Jarrah Go and sit down.

Ahmed al-Nami We have to do it now.

Deborah Welsh Would you like anything to drink?

[''interrupting; to Jarrah'']

Ziad Jarrah No. I'm fine, thank you.

[''in English'']

Deborah Welsh Sure?

Ziad Jarrah Yes.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Call to Faith in Crisis

Ziad Jarrah Allahu Akbar!

[''as he puts the plane into a steep dive'']

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

A Father's Pride in His Son's Education

Baba My son, the college graduate.

Amir It's just community college.

Baba It's college. And someday, Dr. Amir!

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Submission and Dependence on Faith

Ziad Jarrah Lord to you I have submitted myself, given you my faith. On you I depend.

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

United 93

Conflict Amidst Crisis on Flight United 93

Saeed Al Ghamdi They're beating Haznawi! Let me go and help him!

[''seeing Bingham bludgeon Haznawi's head with a fire extinguisher''; ''In Arabic'']

Ziad Jarrah No! Hold onto something, I’m gonna lower the aircraft!

[''In Arabic'']

Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

The Kite Runner

A Call to Return Home

Rahim Khan You should come home.

Amir Home? I don't think now's such a good time.

Rahim Khan It is a very bad time, but you should come. There is a way to be good again, Amir agha.

The Kite Runner

Nostalgia for the Scent of Kabob

Amir Do you remember what these streets smelled like in the old days?

Farid Kabob.

Amir Lamb kabob.

United 93

Demand for compliance in a tense situation

Ziad Jarrah Open the door. Open the door and nobody will be hurt.

The Kite Runner

A Tense Exchange Over Sohrab's Fate

Assef You want my advice? Run away. That's what you do best.

Amir Not without Sohrab.

Assef You want him? Take him. Of course, I did not say you could have him for free.

[shoves Sohrab at him; hits Amir]

Green Zone

Sacrifice for Country Over Personal Gain

Miller What happened to your leg?

Freddy My leg is in Iran. Since 1987. Me too, I fight for my country.

Miller Freddy listen, you give me your information, I'm going to get you a reward for what you did today.

Freddy Reward... You think I do this for money? You think I don't care about my country? I see what's happening. You don't think I see what's happening? And all the people now, they have no water, they have no electricity - you think I do this for reward? You don't think I do this for me? For my future. For my country. For all these things? Whatever you want here, I want more than you want. I want to help my country.

The Kite Runner

A Conversation About Choices and Consequences

Hassan Why did he kill his wife?

[Talking about a story Amir wrote]

Amir Because he would cry and his tears would turn into pearls.

Hassan But why didn't he smell an onion?

Amir Would you eat dirt if I asked you to do that?

Hassan If you would ask it I would.

Hassan But you would not ask that, would you?

Amir Of course not.

The Kite Runner

The Quiet Process of Forgiveness

Amir I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

The Kite Runner

A Vision of the Future

Soraya What do you see?

Amir The rest of my life.

The Kite Runner

Identity in a Complicated World

Amir Who are we in this complicated world?

Memorable Quotes from Khalid Abdalla