Shamim E. Haque

“We are immoderate because grief is immoderate, all the hundreds and thousands of kinds of grief.”
― Philip Roth, Sabbath's Theater

“There’s a loss of personality; Or rather, you’ve lost touch with the person You thought you were. You no longer feel quite human. You’re suddenly reduced to the status of an object — A living object, but no longer a person. It’s always happening, because one is an object As well as a person. But we forget about it As quickly as we can. When you’ve dressed for a party And are going downstairs, with everything about you Arranged to support you in the role you have chosen, Then sometimes, when you come to the bottom step There is one step more than your feet expected And you come down with a jolt. Just for a moment You have the experience of being an object At the mercy of a malevolent staircase.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Complete Poems and Plays

“বহুদিন ধরে সাবান ছিল না বলে আবদুর রহমানের পাগড়ী ময়লা। কিন্তু আমার মনে হল চতুর্দিকের বরফের চেয়ে শুভ্রতর আবদুর রহমানের পাগড়ী, আর শুভ্রতম আবদুর রহমানের হৃদয়!”
― Syed Mujtaba Ali, দেশে বিদেশে

“Sadly, no one in our family ever said, "I love you." Do you realize that? The truth is, I think we were all frightened of saying it, since the obvious reply would've been. "Well, if this is love, what is hate like?”
― Louie Anderson, Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child