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> [“People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/people-go-their-whole-lives-wanting-to-be-admired-for-their-hidden/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/hanif-kureishi-3233_hidden_people-go-their-whole-lives-wanting-to-b_1335867.jpg)

> [“I admired him more than anyone but I didn't wish him well. It was that I preferred him to me and wanted to be him. I coveted his talents, face, style. I wanted to wake up with them all transferred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-admired-him-more-than-anyone-but-i-didn-t-wish-him-well-it-was-that/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

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## More by Hanif Kureishi

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-m-always-writing-i-m-an-obsessive-it-s-not-because-i-m-a/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-ve-never-had-any-desire-to-be-good-i-don-t-like-goodness/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [ Harvey \[Weinstein\] didn't want to release \[MY SON THE FANATIC\]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/harvey-weinstein-didn-t-want-to-release-my-son-the-fanatic-he-held-it/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“Starenje nije za slabice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/starenje-nije-za-slabice/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“Ali isto tako sam i shvatio da prestupnistvo samo ucvrscuje pravila koja pokusava da prekrsi. Nista ne osnazuje normu kao odstupanje od nje.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/ali-isto-tako-sam-i-shvatio-da-prestupnistvo-samo-ucvrscuje-pravila/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [One would hope, as well that intimacy would leave more of a mark, that more of it would remain. But it doesn’t. You just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/one-would-hope-as-well-that-intimacy-would-leave-more-of-a-mark-that/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“You see people truly when they enjoy the most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/you-see-people-truly-when-they-enjoy-the-most/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-guess-writing-is-a-kind-of-therapy-in-the-sense-that-there-are/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/what-a-quality-of-innocence-people-have-when-they-don-t-expect-to-be/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“People who were only ever half right about things drove me mad. I hated the flood of opinion, the certainty, the easy talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/people-who-were-only-ever-half-right-about-things-drove-me-mad-i/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“Desire is naughty and doesn't conform to our ideals, which is why we have such a need of them. Desire mocks all human endeavour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/desire-is-naughty-and-doesn-t-conform-to-our-ideals-which-is-why-we/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-began-to-enjoy-my-own-generosity-i-felt-the-pleasure-of-pleasing/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“Maybe you never stop feeling like an eight-year-old in front of your parents. You resolve to be your mature self, to react in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/maybe-you-never-stop-feeling-like-an-eight-year-old-in-front-of-your/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“I don’t like being left for long struggling with my dangerous self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/i-don-t-like-being-left-for-long-struggling-with-my-dangerous-self/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

> [“Who doesn’t love cock?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/who-doesn-t-love-cock/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

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