Collected Stories Quotes

“Our lives can only be lived forward and understood backwards. Living a life and understanding it occupy different dimensions.”
― Hanif Kureishi, Collected Stories

“All day, everywhere he went, he heard stories of the remarkable penis, not only of its size and strength, but of its warm way with strangers.”
― Hanif Kureishi, Collected Stories

“What’s that?’ his wife said. She came closer. ‘It’s a penis,’ she said. ‘You’ve come home with a man’s penis – complete with balls and pubic hair – in your pocket. Where did you get it?”
― Hanif Kureishi, Collected Stories