The kite runner.

Phone call from Rahim Khan.
R: Amir Jan.
A:Rahim Khan?
R: it's kind of you to remember. I have missed you, Amir Jan.
A: it's good to hear your voice.
R: you should come home.
A: home? (sighing) I don't know if now's such a good time.
R: it's a very bad time, but you should come. There's a way to be good again, Amir.

Back in time. Amir and Hassan.
A: what are you doing here?
H: come and sit Amir.
A: you're wasting time here. The kite went the other way.
H: it will come this way. Trust me. Have I ever lied to you?
A: how should I know?
H: I'd rather eat dirt.
A: would you really do that? Eat dirt if I told you to.
H: I would if you asked. But would you really ask me to do such a thing?
A: are you crazy? You know I wouldn't.

Baba (Amir's father)
Man: thank you Agha Sahib.
B: I want them to start building tomorrow. This should have happened a long time ago.
Man: the orphans of Kabul will never forget you.
Baba, listening to the radio. (man speaking farsi on the radio)
With the victory of Saur revolution for the 1st time in the history of this country, the political sovereignty and political power have been bestowed upon the democratic party of the people of Afghanistan.
Rahim: this will get bloody before it gets better.
Baba: usually a safe bet.
Rahim: They say the Communists are starting brawls at the university. A student was stabbed last week. I'm glad Amir is too young to be involved in all this. (In the meantime, Amir is going past them without his father noticing it. He can hear all that is being said.
Baba: Amir? Trust me, he won't get into any brawls. Sometimes, I see him playing on the street with the neighbourhood boys. They push him around, take his toys from him, but Amir, he never fights back. Never.
Rahim: he's not violent.
Baba: you know what happens when the other kids tease him? (narguer) Hassan steps in and fends them off. (pushes) And when they come home, I say to him: how did Hassan get that