Ramitaha

“Yes, we have acquired a certain familiarity with the recent history of our surroundings, and that—in my humble opinion—allows us to put the present into much better perspective.”
― Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“But his dislike was so obvious, so intimate, that it got under my skin. I”
― Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“I thought about this. As I have already told you, I did not grow up in poverty. But I did grow up with a poor boy’s sense of longing,”
― Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

“Many parents were strict, and sometimes weeks would pass without us being able to meet those we thought of as our girlfriends. So we learned to savor the denial of gratification—that most un-American of pleasures!—and I for one could subsist quite happily on a diet of emails such as that which I have just described.”
― Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist