"I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is."

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Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.241, Random House

Katherine Boo

#I Love Him Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten things you need to know. I'm not trying to spread world peace and understanding. I'm not an advocate or an activist or an educator or a journalist. I'm out there trying to tell stories the best I can.”
“I'd done a drawing of the model using only peripheral vision, looking at a spot on the wall to the right of where she sat. It wasn't really a drawing of her I produced; it was a drawing of the cloud of lights and darks she dissolved into when I focused on the spot. You could look at my drawing of this cloud and read it as a nude female figure, though a little translation was required.”
“I really am a mystic. I don't know where I got it from.”

Source : "Platinum Blondie". Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 10, 2017.
“Never work with animals or children.”
“If I want to win a title I have to beat the champion myself, I don't have teammates inside the ring.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.
“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
“Humility, if it comes at all, almost always comes too late.”
“If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.”

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