Mona > Mona's Quotes

“The world believes it was built by love but reading Shah Jahan’s own words on the Taj, one could say it was grief that built the Taj Mahal and it was sorrow that saw it through sixteen years till completion.”
― Aysha Taryam, The Opposite of Indifference: A Collection of Commentaries

“Rahul had wondered how someone could love their beloved so much that their dedication to them became one of the wonders of the world.”
― Faraaz Kazi

“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. You’ve hit no traitor on the hip. You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip. You’ve never turned the wrong to right. You’ve been a coward in the fight.”
― Charles Mackay

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.”
― Gustavo Petro