To visit certain streets was to realise that only the sky remained unchanged there.
Nadeem AslamBut whatever any of them thought one thing was always certain: even though they suffered and had to struggle at times to bring meaning and even the most basic dignity into their existence and even though in their search for justice and truthfulness they were beaten down and met with disappointment again and again—their lives were not available for use as an illustration. Theirs were not stories that could be read as an affirmation of another system.
Nadeem AslamTag: war
The young everywhere…would prefer to live in houses that consist only of doors.
Nadeem AslamHow 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 AslamTag: life philosophy literature
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 AslamTag: education literature islamism
Pull a thread here and you’ll find it’s attached to the rest of the world.
Nadeem AslamTag: literature symbolism interconnectedness
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 AslamThere 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 AslamA lie does not become truth just because ten people are telling it.
Nadeem AslamThere is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer.
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