31 quotes found
“Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with a little condescension; with low expectation of the others rationality; with the knowledge that t...”
“Samad! My mouth is like the grave! Whatever is told to me dies with me."Whatever was told to Zinat invariably lit up the telephone network, rebounded off aerials, radio waves, and satellites along ...”
“This has been the century of strangers, brown, yellow and white. This has been the century of the great immigrant experiment. It is only this late in the day that you can walk into a playground and...”
“It's like that quote: 'If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.' The choice between a duty or a principle, you know?”
“A man is a man is a man. His family threatened, his beliefs attacked, his way of life destroyed, his whole world coming to an end - he will kill. Make no mistake. He won't let the new order roll ov...”
“That feeling. That's the real difference in a life. People who live on solid ground, underneath safe skies, know nothing of this; they are like the English POWs in Dresden who continued to pour tea...”
“He knew that he, Millat, was a Paki no matter where he came from; that he smelled of curry; had no sexual identity; took other peoples jobs; or had no job and bummed off the state; or gave all the ...”
“That kind of inability to improve is really very rare. That kind of consistency is miraculous, in a way.”
“Girls either wanted him or wanted to improve him, but most often a combination of the two. They wanted to improve him until he justified the amount they wanted him.”
“When my little group get together, if we disagree about something, we can sort it out. Example: Mohona Hossain hates Divargiit Singh. Hates all his movies. Hates him with a passion. She likes that ...”
“These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself ...”
