Mujeeb Burdi > Quotes

“And God said, “let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness, calling them day and night. Thus, the mighty action of the powerful God created very ordinary days and nights in her life, evolving and revolving around the sun for twenty years now — a manifestation seemingly born from let there be light to kun faya kun. This creation brought an unending cycle of her futile existence, as she often per-ceived it. To her, the earth was still a formless void, just as it was before the beginning of time, and nothingness continued to reign over everything around her.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, Chach: The Rise of a Soul

“Nothing display power better than the illusion of control.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, Chach: The Rise of a Soul

“Lies flow easily, twisting reality until it threaten to strangle the truth.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, Chach: The Rise of a Soul

“The heart does not always follow the rules set by society.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, Chach: The Rise of a Soul

“I shouted for freedom, and they gave me fences. I prayed for faith, and they dug me graves. I asked for a nation, and they handed me a president in uniform. The wind—ah, the wind keeps no flag.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, The Winds Remember Her

“Identity is a tricky thing, my dear. It’s not something that can be easily defined, and it’s certainly not something that anyone else can give you.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, Chach: The Rise of a Soul

“Failure is the companion of every act of love. Do not serve for victory. Serve because without you, the world grows darker.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, The Winds Remember Her

“Yes, you are tired. Yes, you are breaking. But tell me, Alya, which mother stops feeding the child because her hands ache? Which shepherd abandons the flock because the hills are steep? To be tired is not sin. To stop is.”
― Mujeeb Burdi, The Winds Remember Her