“When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think there's a natural link between the fact that our self is a story that we make up and that we're… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“we are all children who lose our parents, all of us, every man and woman and boy and girl, and we too… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“what is natural in one place can seem unnatural in another, and some concepts travel rather poorly, if at all.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I walk in the direction she tells me. I feel my pores opening, sweat and heat radiating out of my body. A… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I'm pro-human. And I think recognizing the human nature of migration is very important. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Walking is very good for writers. There's something fundamentally useful about not talking to anybody, not looking at a screen, and being… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to occupy, and then appeal… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I am a strong believer in the intertwined nature of the personal and the political; I think they move together. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
There's a real, brutal nature to the capitalism practiced by the main character in 'How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.'… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I met her eyes, and for the first time I perceived that there was something broken behind them, like a tiny crack in a… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“muscularity, made more pronounced by her gauntness, and the near-inanimate” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“In this group, everyone was foreign, and so, in a sense, no one was.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
When the machine of a human being is turned on, it seems to produce a protagonist, just as a television produces an image. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
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… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Often, during my stay in your country, such comparisons troubled me. In fact, they did more than trouble me: they made me resentful. Four… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Americans need to educate themselves, from elementary school onward, about what their country has done abroad. And they need to play a more active… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
