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Mohsin Hamid Quotes

The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful Picture Quote #1

I’d rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book Picture Quote #1

I think there’s really strong social stratification in South Asia Picture Quote #1

There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started Picture Quote #1

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics Picture Quote #1

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state Picture Quote #1

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Novel writing is solitary work Picture Quote #1

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response Picture Quote #1

When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist Picture Quote #1

The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son Picture Quote #1

Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves Picture Quote #1

If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren’t differences at all Picture Quote #1

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What else is belief but direction? Picture Quote #1

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself Picture Quote #1

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change Picture Quote #1

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain Picture Quote #1

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself Picture Quote #1

Literature helps us transcend ourselves Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know if I’m truly at home in any language Picture Quote #1

I believe one can gauge a book’s impact only after about 10 years Picture Quote #1

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience Picture Quote #1

How many big businesses don’t resort to underhand means? Picture Quote #1

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is Picture Quote #1

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think Picture Quote #1

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Some of my relatives held on to imagined memories the way homeless people hold onto lottery tickets. Nostalgia was their crack cocaine, if you will, and my childhood was littered with the consequences of their addiction : unserviceable debts, squabbles over inheritances, the odd alcoholic or suicide Picture Quote #1

As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away Picture Quote #1

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The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I’d rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I think there’s really strong social stratification in South Asia (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started. (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Novel writing is solitary work (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Readers don’t work for writers. They work for themselves (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren’t differences at all (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) What else is belief but direction? (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Literature helps us transcend ourselves (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I don’t know if I’m truly at home in any language (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I believe one can gauge a book’s impact only after about 10 years (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) How many big businesses don’t resort to underhand means? (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Being a writer is not the point. Writing is (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) Some of my relatives held on to imagined memories the way homeless people hold onto lottery tickets. Nostalgia was their crack cocaine, if you will, and my childhood was littered with the consequences of their addiction : unserviceable debts, squabbles over inheritances, the odd alcoholic or suicide (Mohsin Hamid Quotes) As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out these beliefs on the stage of the world, so that the entire planet was rocked by the repercussions of your tantrums, not least my family, now facing war thousands of miles away (Mohsin Hamid Quotes)