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> [Listening to people discussing a novel can be very interesting, if you've read whatever novel is being discussed. No one, it seems, ever says, "This is a great book but I didn't like it." Taking a little time to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/listening-to-people-discussing-a-novel-can-be-very-interesting-if-you/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zia-haider-rahman/a-poison-can-hardly-be-called-safe-if-for-some-reason-specific-to-me/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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