Atif Mahmood

“My horizon's have shrunk and I have only endings to write.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Enchantress of Florence

“To be born again,' sang Gibreal Farishta tumbling from the heaveans, 'first you have to die. Ho ji! Ho ji! To land upon the bosomy earth, first one needs to fly Tat-taa! Takatun! How to ever smile again, if first you won't cry? How to win the darling's love mister, without a sigh?”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses

“Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.”
― Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses