Mohammad Khalil ur Rahman

“...the only way to keep a classical work alive, is to treat it as 'open' pointing towards the future, or, to use the metaphor evoked by Walter Benjamin, to act as if the classical work is a film for which the appropriate chemical liquids to develop it was invented only later, so that it is only today that we can get the full picture.”
― Žižek, Slavoj

“Men don't understand. Just remember that. They don't. I mean, they might have a fine understanding of how a carburetor works or how a human brain is wired, but ask them to understand your sadnesson a sunny afternoon and their brain starts doing push-ups.”
― Mohammed Hanif, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

“First love, is like your first heart attack. Chances are that you'll survive it, but you don't outlive it. That first gasp for air is the beginning of the end. You have managed to breath some air in, and you think you are all right. You might think it's a matter of lifestyle, quit this, cut our red meat, walk, run, get a personal trainer, try shitting standing up, but... it'll get get you in the end.”
― Mohammed Hanif, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

“Mostly people call her 'daughter' or 'sister' and then do exactly what they would do with their own sister and daughter: they treat her like a slave they bought at the clearance sale.”
― Mohammed Hanif, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti