Agha Shahid Ali famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

They make a desolation and call it peace.
He who has lost only those of whose faith and truth he is sure, has not yet reached the depth of human desolation.
Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation.
There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.
Who shall contend with time,--unvanquished time, the conqueror of conquerors and lord of desolation?
Whole sight; or all the rest is desolation.
In times of desolation, God conceals Himself from us so that we can discover for ourselves what we are without Him.
Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.
As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom.
It is difficult at times to repress the thought that history is about as instructive as an abattoir; that Tacitus was right and that peace is merely the desolation left behind after the decisive operations of merciless power.

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