"A reader should encounter themselves in a novel,…" — Mohsin Hamid
"A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think."
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102 Quotes by Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid has 102 quotes on this site.
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It is the effect of scarcity; one’s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.
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The gun of the father is always the undoing of the son.
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Many boys, probably most boys, have a first love before they fall in love with a woman. It begins the…
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What else is belief but direction?
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If differences can be hidden, perhaps they aren't differences at all.
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One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that…
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Why the brevity? Because I'd rather people read my book twice than only half-way through
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Readers don't work for writers. They work for themselves.
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In a world of intrusive technology, we must engage in a kind of struggle if we wish to sustain moments…
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Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New…
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For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up…
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What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I…
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I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter…
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties…
— Sai Baba
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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the…
— Antonio Banderas
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but…
— Albert Camus
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Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
— Maya Angelou
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus…
— James E. Faust
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Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as…
— Pope John Paul II
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Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not…
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In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and…
— Unknown Author
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We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God…
— Nikolai Berdyaev
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