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Hanif Kureishi Quotes

Women only wear beautiful clothes so that men will want to remove them Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul Picture Quote #1

I’m always writing. I’m an obsessive. It’s not because I’m a disciplined person. It’s because I’m crazy about it Picture Quote #1

In chili’s hand were his car keys, Ray-bans and Marlboros, without which he wouldn’t leave his bathroom. Chili drank only black coffee and neat Jack Daniel’s; his suits were Boss, his underwear Calvin Klein, his actor Pacino. His barber shook his hand, his accountant took him to dinner, his drug dealer would come to him at all hours and accept his checks Picture Quote #1

If jealousy was the vindaloo of love, I’d imagined her tongue burning, and such a fire forcing her to spill her truth Picture Quote #1

My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That’s what I mean by respectability Picture Quote #1

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You can’t spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don’t follow your desire Picture Quote #1

I can’t sleep with you tonight, baby, my head’s all messed up, you’ve no idea. It’s somewhere else and it’s full of voices and songs and bad things Picture Quote #1

I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they could no longer see me as a failure Picture Quote #1

Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, its the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children Picture Quote #1

Please remove your watch,’ he said. ‘In my domain time isn’t a factor Picture Quote #1

Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions Picture Quote #1

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Being in love means being at the mercy of someone’s childhood Picture Quote #1

They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it Picture Quote #1

And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language Picture Quote #1

You don’t stop loving someone just because you hate them Picture Quote #1

Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately Picture Quote #1

Love cannot be measured by its duration Picture Quote #1

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Fundamentalism is dictatorship of the mind Picture Quote #1

My pleasures disappeared with my vices Picture Quote #1

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs Picture Quote #1

Security and safety were the reward of dullness Picture Quote #1

No amount of promises can guarantee love Picture Quote #1

Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted Picture Quote #1

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It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do? Picture Quote #1

At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their desire to devour others Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul Picture Quote #1

Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history Picture Quote #1

Like you, she will have been with other people, but I’ve got a feeling there’s something between you Picture Quote #1

The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising Picture Quote #1

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Women only wear beautiful clothes so that men will want to remove them (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) I don’t want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) I’m always writing. I’m an obsessive. It’s not because I’m a disciplined person. It’s because I’m crazy about it. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) In chili’s hand were his car keys, Ray-bans and Marlboros, without which he wouldn’t leave his bathroom. Chili drank only black coffee and neat Jack Daniel’s; his suits were Boss, his underwear Calvin Klein, his actor Pacino. His barber shook his hand, his accountant took him to dinner, his drug dealer would come to him at all hours and accept his checks. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) If jealousy was the vindaloo of love, I’d imagined her tongue burning, and such a fire forcing her to spill her truth. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That’s what I mean by respectability. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) You can’t spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don’t follow your desire. (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) I can’t sleep with you tonight, baby, my head’s all messed up, you’ve no idea. It’s somewhere else and it’s full of voices and songs and bad things ... (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) I began to enjoy my own generosity; I felt the pleasure of pleasing others, especially as this was accompanied by money-power. I was paying for them; they were grateful, they had to be; and they could no longer see me as a failure (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, its the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Please remove your watch,’ he said. ‘In my domain time isn’t a factor (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Being in love means being at the mercy of someone’s childhood (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) You don’t stop loving someone just because you hate them (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Without love, most of life remains concealed. Nothing is as fascinating as love, unfortunately (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Love cannot be measured by its duration (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Fundamentalism is dictatorship of the mind (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) My pleasures disappeared with my vices (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Security and safety were the reward of dullness (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) No amount of promises can guarantee love (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do? (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) At the deepest level people are madder than they want to believe. You will find that they fear being eaten, and are alarmed by their desire to devour others (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) I don’t want to be loved. I want to be desired. Love is safety, but desire is foul (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) Like you, she will have been with other people, but I’ve got a feeling there’s something between you (Hanif Kureishi Quotes) The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising (Hanif Kureishi Quotes)

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