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“People like my grandmother, who have no home but in memory, learn to be very skilled in the art of recollection.”
― The Shadow Lines
― The Shadow Lines
“Nobody knows, nobody can ever know, not even in memory, because there are moments in time that are not knowable.”
― The Shadow Lines
― The Shadow Lines
“One could never know anything except through desire, real desire, which was not the same thing as greed or lust; a pure, painful and primitive desire, a longing for everything that was not in oneself, a torment of the flesh, that carried one beyond the limits of one's mind to other times and other places, and even, if one was lucky, to a place where there was no border between oneself and one's image in the mirror.”
― The Shadow Lines
― The Shadow Lines
“A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for one instance, from the role given to her by men, is branded a whore. She is viewed with lust and contempt. Society closes on her doors it leaves ajar for a man stained by the same ink. If both are equal, why are our barbs reserved for the woman?”
― Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto
― Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto
“For me, remembrance of things past has always been a waste of time, and what’s the point of tears? I don’t know. I’ve always been focussed on today. Yesterday and tomorrow hold no interest for me. What had to happen, did, and what will happen, will.”
― Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto
― Why I Write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto
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