Quote by Qanta A. Ahmed Download Open image ““The forbidden becomes much more enticing than what is always revealed.”” — Qanta A. Ahmed ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“For life has worn me down: continual uneasiness, concealment of my knowledge, pretense, fear, a painful straining of all my nerves—not to let down, not to ring out … and even to this day I still feel an ache in that part of my memory where the very beginning of this effort is recorded, that is, the occasion when I first understood… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share
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“It is often that which is displayed for all to see that hides the deepest secrets.” — Mathias Frey Copy Share Image
“I remember being thirteen years old, sitting in my room all night, listening to the same song over and over. I thought that if… — Qanta A. Ahmed Copy Share Image
