“I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in 1962. My father is a qualified physician; my mother is a housewife. I have two eld...”

“Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.”

“I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law.”

“Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.”

“I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate.”

“When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.”

“That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get i...”

“Alice suspected Paul couldnt really picture his father, just like she couldnt picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.”

“I want, I dont want.How can one live with such a heart?”

“To know India and her peoples, one has to know the monsoon. one has to know the monsoon. It is not enough to read about it in books, or see it on the cinema screen, or hear someone talk about it. I...”

“If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there's room to hear more subtle th...”

“Sometimes a rut can be a comfortable place to be, but ours was full of too many differences and resentments to be wholly comfortable. I had always had my own way in the marriage about what wed do,...”

“Teamwork is great for all, but result is greater for some.”

“We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.”

“Teamwork is great for all, but result is greater for some.”