Author: Mohsin Hamid

Quotes

The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very strong tie to each one of those four places.

The four places I've called home in my life have been Lahore, London, New York and California. And I have a very strong tie to each one of those four places.

- Mohsin Hamid

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.

- Mohsin Hamid

I personally tend to believe that there is a right to migration, the same way there's a right to love whom you like and to believe what you believe and to say what you want to say.

I personally tend to believe that there is a right to migration, the same way there's a right to love whom you like and to believe what you believe and to say what you want to say.

- Mohsin Hamid

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

- Mohsin Hamid

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

- Mohsin Hamid

I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to occupy, and then appeal to the best nature of people on that common ground.

I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to occupy, and then appeal to the best nature of people on that common ground.

- Mohsin Hamid

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