"A lie does not become truth just because ten people are telling it."

--

Source : Nadeem Aslam (2011). “Maps for Lost Lovers”, p.102, Faber & Faber

Nadeem Aslam

#Lying Quotes #People Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It wasn't about me trying to lose weight. It was all about emotions.”
“A McQueen woman always has to feel powerful. She's never a girly girl, she's always a woman.”

Source : "While You Were Sleeping: Nicki Minaj for OPI, Sarah Burton on McQueen, Plus More!" by Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 27, 2011.
“A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.”
“He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.”

Source : In Listener 11 June 1953 "Margot Oxford: a Personal Impression" by Lady Violet Bonham Carter
“Several large, artificial constructions are approaching us, ZORAC announced after a short pause. The designs are not familiar, but they are obviously the products of intelligence. Implications: we have been intercepted deliberately by a means unknown, for a purpose unknown, and transferred to a place unknown by a form of intelligence unknown. Apart from the unknowns, everything is obvious.”

Source : James P. Hogan (2007). “The Two Worlds”, p.129, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them.”
“If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is that he will not labour beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain his existence.”

You may also like:

Aminatta Forna
Writer
Hanif Kureishi
Playwright
Jeet Thayil
Poet
Kamila Shamsie
Novelist
Mohammed Hanif
Writer
Mohsin Hamid
Writer
Monica Ali
Writer
Anita Rau Badami
Writer
Pankaj Mishra
Essayist