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title: "11 Imagine Quotes By Mohsin Hamid"
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> [If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/if-your-sense-of-self-is-destabilised-to-imagine-being-another/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [“...depression is a failure to imagine a plausible desirable future for oneself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/depression-is-a-failure-to-imagine-a-plausible-desirable-future-for/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [It's very contrary to the notion of what America is to imagine that we can stop migration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/it-s-very-contrary-to-the-notion-of-what-america-is-to-imagine-that/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [I don't want to be anxious on my day-to-day life. I want to try to imagine a future I'd like to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/i-don-t-want-to-be-anxious-on-my-day-to-day-life-i-want-to-try-to/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [It's very easy, if you come from a place like Pakistan, to imagine that there's a narrative of American aggression towards the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/it-s-very-easy-if-you-come-from-a-place-like-pakistan-to-imagine-that/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/the-paralysis-that-we-have-right-now-when-we-think-about-migration-is/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [But when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/but-when-you-read-a-book-what-you-see-are-black-squiggles-on-pulped/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [My dad had this outlook: It doesn't matter what I want to read - reading was a good thing. So whatever I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/my-dad-had-this-outlook-it-doesn-t-matter-what-i-want-to-read-reading/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/it-seems-an-obvious-thing-to-say-but-you-should-not-imagine-that-we/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [When people, particularly young people and especially young men, can't imagine themselves as heroes in narratives that they construct for themselves, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/when-people-particularly-young-people-and-especially-young-men-can-t/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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> [Like many kids, I used to pretend all sorts of things. I would climb into a tree and imagine that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/like-many-kids-i-used-to-pretend-all-sorts-of-things-i-would-climb/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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## Other authors on Imagine

## More by Mohsin Hamid

> [Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/pakistan-now-is-like-a-horror-film-franchise-you-know-it-s-friday-the/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [A beard is something that is almost like a mirror to the viewer. When someone sees you wearing a beard, they're seeing something in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/a-beard-is-something-that-is-almost-like-a-mirror-to-the-viewer-when/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place where people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/and-also-i-think-the-rise-of-other-you-could-say-destinations-for/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“I met her eyes, and for the first time I perceived that there was something broken behind them, like a tiny crack in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/i-met-her-eyes-and-for-the-first-time-i-perceived-that-there-was/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“muscularity, made more pronounced by her gauntness, and the near-inanimate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/muscularity-made-more-pronounced-by-her-gauntness-and-the-near/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/in-this-group-everyone-was-foreign-and-so-in-a-sense-no-one-was/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/it-seemed-to-me-then-and-to-be-honest-sir-seems-to-me-still-that/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/when-the-uncertain-future-becomes-the-past-the-past-in-turn-becomes/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [When the machine of a human being is turned on, it seems to produce a protagonist, just as a television produces an image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/when-the-machine-of-a-human-being-is-turned-on-it-seems-to-produce-a/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [I think fiction allows you to inhabit new domains and it's you, the reader living in that domain for a few days that results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/i-think-fiction-allows-you-to-inhabit-new-domains-and-it-s-you-the/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“Often, during my stay in your country, such comparisons troubled me. In fact, they did more than trouble me: they made me resentful. Four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/often-during-my-stay-in-your-country-such-comparisons-troubled-me-in/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/americans-need-to-educate-themselves-from-elementary-school-onward/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [I'm not a representative of Pakistan; I'm just an example that Pakistanis are different from each other. I believe it in my fiction and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/i-m-not-a-representative-of-pakistan-i-m-just-an-example-that/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [“end of a couple is like a death, and the notion of death, of temporariness, can remind us of the value of things,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/end-of-a-couple-is-like-a-death-and-the-notion-of-death-of/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

> [NYC doesn't have a big sign saying "You must love diversity and the rights of all people." And that's not what makes you love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/nyc-doesn-t-have-a-big-sign-saying-you-must-love-diversity-and-the/)

[Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/)

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