Mohammed Hanif quotes

“life is a series of sweet coincidences”
-- Mohammed Hanif

Source : Mohammed Hanif (2008). “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”

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“The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was a mullah whose understanding of religion didn't go beyond parroting what he had heard from the next mullah. A mullah without a beard, a mullah in a four-star general's uniform, a mullah with the instincts of a corrupt tax inspector.”
-- Mohammed Hanif

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“Any man who reaches for a book when he thinks about you is a man that you should think about.”
-- Mohammed Hanif

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“The innocent are punished. That's the world we live in.”
-- Mohammed Hanif

Source : Mohammed Hanif (2011). “A case of Exploding Mangoes”, p.8, Random House India

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“Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows.”

“Writing well isn't just a question of winsome expression, but of having found something big and true to say and having found the right words to say it in, of having seen something large and having found the right words to say it small, small enough to enter an individual mind so that the strong ideas of what the words are saying sound like sweet reason.”

“The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.”

“I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet.”

Source : Adelaide Anne Procter (1862). “A Chaplet of Verses”, p.106

“I always interpret coincidences as little clues to our destiny”

Source : Ann Brashares (2012). “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection”, p.207, Delacorte Press

“It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.”

“There are no coincidences. And everything means something.”

“Life is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 21, 2013

“Life is like an analogy.”

“Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.8, Courier Corporation