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> [It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/it-seemed-to-me-that-the-real-philosophical-breakthroughs-of-the-20th/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/hanif-kureishi-3233_20th-century_it-seemed-to-me-that-the-real-philosophi_1634582.jpg)

## 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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