Abdul Khaliq Chaudhry Quotes & Sayings

They should not clench their fists,
it's my longing that's drawing me near to them;
they should not stand there full of rage,
my longing is timidly drawing near to them;
they should not be ready to pounce like vicious dogs,
as if they wanted to tear my longing to shreds;
they should not threaten with broad sleeves,
that pains my longing.
Why have they suddenly changed?
As great and deep is my longing.
No matter how difficult, no matter how menacing:
I must reach them and I'm already there. — Robert Walser

Naked violence repels like the naked skeleton shorn of flesh, blood and the velvety skin. — Mahatma Gandhi

Sobering to think how one accursed night of baccarat can alter a man's social standing so irreversibly. — David Mitchell

Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history. — Camille Paglia

Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror. — Condoleezza Rice

He wanted, in short, a work of art both for what it was in itself and for what it allowed him to bestow on it; he wanted to go along with it and on it, as if supported by a friend or carried by a vehicle, into a sphere where sublimated sensations would arouse within him an unexpected commotion, the causes of which he would strive to patiently and even vainly to analyse. — Joris-Karl Huysmans

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal. — Harper Lee

It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do. — Laura Mvula