"I commit her to memory. When I'm alone,……" — Mohsin Hamid
"I commit her to memory. When I'm alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he believes but because he's ashamed. Not the cleansing hunger of the devout, but the feverish hunger of the hypocrite. I let her go every evening only because there's nothing I can do to stop her."
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102 Quotes by Mohsin Hamid
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