--- title: "Best Nadeem Aslam Quotes" description: "Nadeem Aslam FRSL is a British Pakistani novelist. His debut novel, Season of the Rainbirds, won the Betty Trask and the Author's Club First Novel Award." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nadeem-aslam-69918.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nadeem-aslam-69918.jpg) # Nadeem Aslam (1966) Writer United Kingdom **63** quotes in **198** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nadeem Aslam is a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for *The golden legend*. ## Quick Facts About Nadeem Aslam Born January 1, 1966 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Writer Notable works The golden legend Known for Maps for Lost Lovers ## About Nadeem Aslam Nadeem Aslam FRSL is a British Pakistani novelist. His debut novel, Season of the Rainbirds, won the Betty Trask and the Author's Club First Novel Award. His critically acclaimed second novel Maps for Lost Lovers won Encore Award and Kiriyama Prize; it was shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award, among others. Colm Tóibín described him as "one of the most exciting and serious British novelists writing now". ## Awards & Honors Encore Award Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature ## Quotes by Nadeem Aslam · Page 2 > [“The scent of the tree's flowers can stop conversation. Rohan knows no purer source of melancholy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/the-scent-of-the-tree-s-flowers-can-stop-conversation-rohan-knows-no/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/nadeem-aslam-10821_communication_the-scent-of-the-tree-s-flowers-can-stop_418723.png) > [Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/pull-a-thread-here-and-you-ll-find-it-s-attached-to-the-rest-of-the/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Attached](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attached/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/105/nadeem-aslam-10821_attached_pull-a-thread-here-and-you-ll-find-it-s_1402257.png) > [“We are warriors of Allah.” “You are thugs with Korans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/we-are-warriors-of-allah-you-are-thugs-with-korans/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Islam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/islam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/nadeem-aslam-10821_islam_we-are-warriors-of-allah-you-are-thugs-w_102110.png) > [To visit certain streets was to realise that only the sky remained unchanged there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/to-visit-certain-streets-was-to-realise-that-only-the-sky-remained/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/nadeem-aslam-10821_certain_to-visit-certain-streets-was-to-realise_512091.png) > [Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/afghanistan-had-collapsed-and-everyone-s-life-now-lies-broken-at/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/nadeem-aslam-10821_afghanistan_afghanistan-had-collapsed-and-everyone-s_103193.png) > [Love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/love-was-the-result-of-having-caught-a-glimpse-of-another-s-loneliness/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Caught](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caught/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/nadeem-aslam-10821_caught_love-was-the-result-of-having-caught-a-g_696433.png) > [“The opposite of war is not peace but civilisation, and civilisation is purchased with violence and cold-blooded murder. With war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/the-opposite-of-war-is-not-peace-but-civilisation-and-civilisation-is/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Civilisation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilisation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/nadeem-aslam-10821_civilisation_the-opposite-of-war-is-not-peace-but-civ_1276741.png) > [“What strange times are these,” says Tara as they wend their way through the dead to safety, “when Muslims must fear other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/what-strange-times-are-these-says-tara-as-they-wend-their-way-through/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Islam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/islam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/nadeem-aslam-10821_islam_what-strange-times-are-these-says-tara-a_2030086.png) > [“If love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness, then he had loved Mikal since they were both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/if-love-was-the-result-of-having-caught-a-glimpse-of-another-s-2/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/nadeem-aslam-10821_love_if-love-was-the-result-of-having-caught_197569.png) > [“Do you hear it?” “Yes,” Mikal replies. “It’s a battle, isn’t it?” “Yes.” “It’s the world,” one of the other men says.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/do-you-hear-it-yes-mikal-replies-it-s-a-battle-isn-t-it-yes-it-s-the/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [War](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/nadeem-aslam-10821_war_do-you-hear-it-yes-mikal-replies-it-s-a_1055355.png) > [Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/paper-is-the-strongest-material-in-the-world-things-under-which-a/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Grief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/nadeem-aslam-10821_grief_paper-is-the-strongest-material-in-the-w_1063879.png) > [This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/this-is-among-the-few-things-that-can-be-said-about-love-with-any/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/nadeem-aslam-10821_confidence_this-is-among-the-few-things-that-can-be_177201.png) > [“Shamas stands in the open door and watches the earth, the magnet that it is, pulling snowflakes out of the sky towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/shamas-stands-in-the-open-door-and-watches-the-earth-the-magnet-that/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/nadeem-aslam-10821_nature_shamas-stands-in-the-open-door-and-watch_2898972.png) > [“Only twenty - nine years in the entire human history had been without warfare, and now here he was too, travelling between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/only-twenty-nine-years-in-the-entire-human-history-had-been-without/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Civil war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civil-war/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/nadeem-aslam-10821_civil-war_only-twenty-nine-years-in-the-entire-hum_30008.png) > [“Even the air of this country has a story to tell about warfare. It is possible here to lift a piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/even-the-air-of-this-country-has-a-story-to-tell-about-warfare-it-is/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Afghanistan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afghanistan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/nadeem-aslam-10821_afghanistan_even-the-air-of-this-country-has-a-story_1008593.jpg) > [“The bigger the sin, the rarer and more expensive the bird that is needed to erase it. Is that how the bird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/the-bigger-the-sin-the-rarer-and-more-expensive-the-bird-that-is/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/nadeem-aslam-10821_bird_the-bigger-the-sin-the-rarer-and-more-ex_3098423.png) > [Nothing is an accident: it's always someone's fault; perhaps-but no one teaches us how to live with our mistakes. Everyone is isolated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/nothing-is-an-accident-it-s-always-someone-s-fault-perhaps-but-no-one/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/nadeem-aslam-10821_able_nothing-is-an-accident-it-s-always-someo_1763862.png) > [“Basie would lie on the mattress and talk endlessly, sometimes drinking from a bottle of Murree’s whisky he’d bring with him, bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/basie-would-lie-on-the-mattress-and-talk-endlessly-sometimes-drinking/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Every man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/nadeem-aslam-10821_every-man_basie-would-lie-on-the-mattress-and-talk_360348.jpg) > [“How easy it is to create ghosts, he thinks as he begins to die a minute later, feeling his mind closing chamber…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/how-easy-it-is-to-create-ghosts-he-thinks-as-he-begins-to-die-a/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/nadeem-aslam-10821_death_how-easy-it-is-to-create-ghosts-he-think_2845350.png) > [The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/the-neighbourhood-is-a-place-of-intrigue-and-emotional-espionage/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Coming together](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-together/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/nadeem-aslam-10821_coming-together_the-neighbourhood-is-a-place-of-intrigue_38230.jpg) > [“At the gun shop, AK-47s were stacked six high on the shelves … The day after the West invaded Afghanistan, a ‘piety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/at-the-gun-shop-ak-47s-were-stacked-six-high-on-the-shelves-the-day/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Jihad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jihad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/nadeem-aslam-10821_jihad_at-the-gun-shop-ak-47s-were-stacked-six_2112190.png) > [The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/the-bullet-that-has-hit-us-muslims-today-left-the-gun-centuries-ago/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Bullets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullets/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/nadeem-aslam-10821_bullets_the-bullet-that-has-hit-us-muslims-today_1856385.png) > [There are times in this life when a person must do or say things he doesn't want to. Human beings and chains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadeem-aslam/there-are-times-in-this-life-when-a-person-must-do-or-say-things-he/) [Nadeem Aslam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/) [Chains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chains/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/nadeem-aslam-10821_chains_there-are-times-in-this-life-when-a-pers_1541038.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadeem-aslam/#itemlist", "name": "Nadeem Aslam Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The scent of the tree's flowers can stop conversation. 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