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Mohsin Hamid quotes: Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.

Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: You are a door to an existence she does not desire, but even if the room beyond is repugnant, that door has won a portion of her affection.

You are a door to an existence she does not desire, but even if the room beyond is repugnant, that door has won a portion of her affection.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of ... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians.

Pakistan hasn't been cast in the role of ... interesting cultural place or, you know, land of great comedians.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: What else is belief but direction?

What else is belief but direction?

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Is getting filthy rich still your goal above all goals, your be-all and end-all, the mist-shrouded high-altitude spawning pond to your inner salmon?

Is getting filthy rich still your goal above all goals, your be-all and end-all, the mist-shrouded high-altitude spawning pond to your inner salmon?

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together.

I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The world will not fail if Pakistan fails, but the world will be healthier if Pakistan is healthy.

The world will not fail if Pakistan fails, but the world will be healthier if Pakistan is healthy.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Darashikoh was inside, for all the world a tastefully dressed patron of the shop, but he carried death in his undershorts and hunger in his heart.

Darashikoh was inside, for all the world a tastefully dressed patron of the shop, but he carried death in his undershorts and hunger in his heart.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.

Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: There's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith.

There's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.

She was struggling against a current that brought her inside herself.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books ...

It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books ...

Mohsin Hamid quotes: [O]ver sufficiently long a term, as everyone knows, there is nothing that does not have as its consequence death.

[O]ver sufficiently long a term, as everyone knows, there is nothing that does not have as its consequence death.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.

I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: They try to resist change. Power comes from becoming change.

They try to resist change. Power comes from becoming change.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Glaring is something we men of Lahore take seriously ...

Glaring is something we men of Lahore take seriously ...

Mohsin Hamid quotes: 'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

'Which is stronger, politics or love?' is like asking, 'Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling?' They are two sides of the same thing.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: when we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind.

when we migrate, we murder from our lives those we leave behind.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality.

Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimize the importance of the individual and maximize the importance of the group.

Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimize the importance of the individual and maximize the importance of the group.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Like Pakistan, America is, after all, a former English colony ...

Like Pakistan, America is, after all, a former English colony ...

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Islam is not a race, yet Islamophobia partakes of racist characteristics.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.

I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: We are all migrants through time.

We are all migrants through time.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Our civilizations do not cause us to clash. No, our clashing allows us to pretend we belong to civilizations.

Our civilizations do not cause us to clash. No, our clashing allows us to pretend we belong to civilizations.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: She had bumped me out of the center of my world. I'd become a baby person, and it felt good, better than what had come before.

She had bumped me out of the center of my world. I'd become a baby person, and it felt good, better than what had come before.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: (A revolver is) just a tool, really, like stapler. A stapler that punch through a person. Pin them. Drive blunt metal through flesh and bone.

(A revolver is) just a tool, really, like stapler. A stapler that punch through a person. Pin them. Drive blunt metal through flesh and bone.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

Status, as in any traditional, class-conscious society, declines more slowly than wealth.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist.

When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Without being conscious of it, you have allowed yourself to become fond of him not for the content of his character but for the fidelity of his echo.

Without being conscious of it, you have allowed yourself to become fond of him not for the content of his character but for the fidelity of his echo.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: stories of evil can be projected on them with as little difficulty as stories of good.

stories of evil can be projected on them with as little difficulty as stories of good.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: No believer is a bad believer.

No believer is a bad believer.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: To love is to enter into the inevitability of one day not being able to protect what is most valuable to you.

To love is to enter into the inevitability of one day not being able to protect what is most valuable to you.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: In Pakistan, my friends and family are frightened, as they should be when the

In Pakistan, my friends and family are frightened, as they should be when the

Mohsin Hamid quotes: You're a watchful guy. you know where that comes from?" I shook my head. "It comes from feeling out of place," he said. "Believe me. I know.

You're a watchful guy. you know where that comes from?" I shook my head. "It comes from feeling out of place," he said. "Believe me. I know.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: America is our enemy; America should give us more aid.

America is our enemy; America should give us more aid.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.

If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Young men pray for different things, of course, but some young men pray to honor the goodness of the men who raised them,

Young men pray for different things, of course, but some young men pray to honor the goodness of the men who raised them,

Mohsin Hamid quotes: And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.

And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I do not think that less is necessarily more. But I don't think that more is necessarily more either. - Mohsin Hamid

I do not think that less is necessarily more. But I don't think that more is necessarily more either. - Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I shrug and put the note into my wallet.

Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I shrug and put the note into my wallet.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: most powerful military in the world is sent to do a task best accomplished by schoolteachers, police forces, persuasion, and time.

most powerful military in the world is sent to do a task best accomplished by schoolteachers, police forces, persuasion, and time.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Novel writing is solitary work.

Novel writing is solitary work.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: He was a man who discovered love through his penis.

He was a man who discovered love through his penis.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: flying robots from an alien power regularly strike down from the skies and kill Pakistani citizens.

flying robots from an alien power regularly strike down from the skies and kill Pakistani citizens.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

Time only moves in one direction. Remember that. Things always change.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful.

The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I felt suddenly very young - or perhaps I felt my age.

I felt suddenly very young - or perhaps I felt my age.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Information is key at these things: no one wants to be caught holding social stock that's about to crash.

Information is key at these things: no one wants to be caught holding social stock that's about to crash.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: War would soon erode the facade of their building as though it had accelerated time itself, a day's toll outpacing that of a decade.

War would soon erode the facade of their building as though it had accelerated time itself, a day's toll outpacing that of a decade.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The privileged liberal position: There should be equal rights for all; I should not have to share my riches with the poor.

The privileged liberal position: There should be equal rights for all; I should not have to share my riches with the poor.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Maximum return was the maxim to which we returned.

Maximum return was the maxim to which we returned.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The end of the world can be cozy at times.

The end of the world can be cozy at times.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

Mohsin Hamid quotes: When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.

When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.

Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.

I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.

Writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through

Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through

Mohsin Hamid quotes: In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.

In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: What distinguishes the "war on terror" is that it is a war against a concept, not a nation. And the enemy concept, it seems to me, is pluralism.

What distinguishes the "war on terror" is that it is a war against a concept, not a nation. And the enemy concept, it seems to me, is pluralism.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Children are excellent judges of character, you know

Children are excellent judges of character, you know

Mohsin Hamid quotes: ... and time is the stuff of which a self is made.

... and time is the stuff of which a self is made.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's just a fact of life. For me it

As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's just a fact of life. For me it always has been.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: ambitious cleric position: "Religion makes us all equal; only I decide what religion says.

ambitious cleric position: "Religion makes us all equal; only I decide what religion says.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: the end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, of temporariness, can remind us of the value of things,

the end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, of temporariness, can remind us of the value of things,

Mohsin Hamid quotes: A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

Novels are make-believe and play for adults.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.

The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: He whispers a benediction and breathes it into the air, spreading his hope for you with a contraction of the lungs.

He whispers a benediction and breathes it into the air, spreading his hope for you with a contraction of the lungs.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.

We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: But his dislike was so obvious, so intimate, that it got under my skin.

But his dislike was so obvious, so intimate, that it got under my skin.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: It is the effect of scarcity; one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.

It is the effect of scarcity; one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to dance.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to stories. It resonates, in a way.

I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're drawn to stories. It resonates, in a way.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I was, in my own eyes, a veritable James Bond - only younger, darker, and possibly better paid.

I was, in my own eyes, a veritable James Bond - only younger, darker, and possibly better paid.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: PARENTS FIRST MET they were

PARENTS FIRST MET they were

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I responded to the gravity of an invisible moon at my core, and I undertook journeys I had not expected to take.

I responded to the gravity of an invisible moon at my core, and I undertook journeys I had not expected to take.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: The alliance between the US and Pakistan is thus predominantly between the US and the Pakistani military.

The alliance between the US and Pakistan is thus predominantly between the US and the Pakistani military.

Mohsin Hamid quotes: Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that ... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'

Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that ... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?'