"I did not grow up in poverty. But I did grow up with a poor boy's sense of longing, in my case not for what my family had never had, but for what we had had and lost."

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Source : Mohsin Hamid (2007). “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Mohsin Hamid

#Growing Up Quotes #Boys Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.”
“Getting typecast is a dangerous thing to do.”
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”

Source : Max Lerner (1959). “The unfinished country: a book of American symbols”
“I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.”
“Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.”
“I love writing with Adam Lambert. He's really funny and very fun, he's a great friend.”
“Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.”
“That's usually what happens with AC/DC: you make an album, and then you're on the road flat out. And the only time you ever get near a studio is generally after you've done a year of touring.”

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