Becomes Quote by Mohsin Hamid Download Open image “If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.” — Mohsin Hamid ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Becomes Being Easy Identity Imagine Self Sense Sense of self
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“It seemed to me then - and to be honest, sir, seems to me still - that America was engaged only in posturing. As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of your own difference, assumptions of your own superiority. And you acted out… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share
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
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