Here’s Hassan and Amir:
“Hassan!” I called. “Come back with it!”
He was already turning the street corner, his rubber boots kicking up snow. He stopped, turned. He cupped his hands around his mouth. “For you a thousand times over!” he said. Then he smiled his Hassan smiled and disappeared around the corner.
–The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
The Deranged Librarian 