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> [A poison can hardly be called safe if for some reason specific to me it's ineffective against, say, my body. But the power of story on the human mind is such that anecdote is often more persuasive than numbers. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/a-poison-can-hardly-be-called-safe-if-for-some-reason-specific-to-me/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

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## Other authors on Anecdote

- [Weston Locher 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anecdote/weston-locher/)

## More by Zia Haider Rahman

> [“My point is that you could think of the people you meet in your life as questions, there to help you figure out who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/my-point-is-that-you-could-think-of-the-people-you-meet-in-your-life/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [I had an indefatigable curiosity about everything. But why should my fate have depended upon that? Why does the curiosity of a child born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/i-had-an-indefatigable-curiosity-about-everything-but-why-should-my/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [“As I reached the highest step, I turned. Spread along the platform was a mass of bobbing black hair like a long wave of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/as-i-reached-the-highest-step-i-turned-spread-along-the-platform-was/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [News has a way of distancing us from events, even as it informs us about them. News articles almost always present both the event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/news-has-a-way-of-distancing-us-from-events-even-as-it-informs-us/)

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> [My parents were entirely unpredictable and what they said very unreliable, which meant I became very attuned to the range of other signals human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/my-parents-were-entirely-unpredictable-and-what-they-said-very/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [Until I reached my late teens, there was not enough money for luxuries - a holiday, a car, or a computer. I learned how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/until-i-reached-my-late-teens-there-was-not-enough-money-for-luxuries/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [Experience belongs to the actor, but the story belongs to the teller. We write so we will never forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/experience-belongs-to-the-actor-but-the-story-belongs-to-the-teller/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [My own disposition is to trust the reader. Of course, there's a line between trusting the reader and expecting her to read your mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/my-own-disposition-is-to-trust-the-reader-of-course-there-s-a-line/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [The difference does not lie in the things that news does that novels do not do, but in the things that novels do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/the-difference-does-not-lie-in-the-things-that-news-does-that-novels/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [The mathematics is the odd one, odd because I'm not sure how to measure its effect. It is so fundamental to my outlook on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/the-mathematics-is-the-odd-one-odd-because-i-m-not-sure-how-to/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [Novels need readers of a certain kind, people who are patient and enjoy immersing themselves in another perspective for uninterrupted stretches of time. Reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/novels-need-readers-of-a-certain-kind-people-who-are-patient-and/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [A poison can hardly be called safe if for some reason specific to me it's ineffective against, say, my body. But the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/a-poison-can-hardly-be-called-safe-if-for-some-reason-specific-to-me/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [The mathematical tilt remains basic to my epistemological perspective, my howling plea in the still of night for epistemic humility. Mathematics gave me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/the-mathematical-tilt-remains-basic-to-my-epistemological-perspective/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [I don't want you to think that I'm being willfully obtuse, but I've never really grasped how point of view could be regarded as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/i-don-t-want-you-to-think-that-i-m-being-willfully-obtuse-but-i-ve/)

[Zia Haider Rahman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zia-haider-rahman/)

> [The twentieth century saw a professionalization of fiction writing, particularly in its second half and particularly in the Anglo-Saxon world - not so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/the-twentieth-century-saw-a-professionalization-of-fiction-writing/)

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