There are no innocent people in a guilty nation. Nadeem Aslam More Quotes by Nadeem Aslam More Quotes From Nadeem Aslam Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world. Nadeem Aslam interconnectedness thread world On the journey towards the beloved, you live by dying at every step Nadeem Aslam dying journey steps Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave. Nadeem Aslam citizens bravery people There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer. Nadeem Aslam faithful prayer sight How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks display. Nadeem Aslam names home trying Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage. Nadeem Aslam mountain grief world Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble. Nadeem Aslam different broken lying History is the third parent. Nadeem Aslam thirds parent All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings. Nadeem Aslam distance light artist 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, alone with his or her anguish and guilt, and too penetrating a question can mean people are not able to face one another the next day. Nadeem Aslam next-day mistake mean To visit certain streets was to realise that only the sky remained unchanged there. Nadeem Aslam streets certain sky Her mind is a haunted house. Nadeem Aslam haunted-houses mind house Love was the result of having caught a glimpse of another's loneliness. Nadeem Aslam glimpse results loneliness This is among the few things that can be said about love with any confidence. It is small enough to be contained within the heart but, pull thin, it would drape the entire world. Nadeem Aslam enough heart world As a writer, my homeland is the desk where I work. Nadeem Aslam desks homeland Women joked amongst themselves: 'Why do you think a bride cries on her wedding day? It's for the love that this marriage is putting an end to for all eternity. Men may think a woman has no past- "you were born and then I married you"- but men are fools. Nadeem Aslam men past thinking The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the two halves of a scissor coming together, cutting reputations and good names to shreds. Nadeem Aslam cutting emotional names A lie does not become truth just because ten people are telling it. Nadeem Aslam doe lying people There are times in this life when a person must do or say things he doesn't want to. Human beings and chains, it is the oldest acquaintanceship in the world. Nadeem Aslam this-life want world The bullet that has hit us Muslims today left the gun centuries ago when we let the clergy decide that knowledge and education were not important. Nadeem Aslam bullets gun important
