Nadeem Ahmad > Nadeem's Quotes

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
― Albert Camus

“History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending