Tell Her Everything Quotes

“You know, Urdu has perhaps the finest word for autobiography. Two words, as a matter of fact. Savanah-e-Umri - the occurrences or accidents of one’s life, literally. I like it over everything else. Isn’t it wonderful? Isn’t that what really happens to us all, occurrences, accident?”
― Mirza Waheed, Tell Her Everything

“My wise mother also used to say that no upbringing is worse than being brought up on a daily diet of prejudice. It darkens the soul permanently.”
― Mirza Waheed, Tell Her Everything

“Sometimes I think there are only two kinds of people in the world, Dad: those who read and those who don't. I don't know about other people, but I sort of found myself in books. Bit by bit, shade by shade, underlined sentence by underlined sentence, dog-ear by dog-ear, I began to see myself. Independently of everything and, at the same time, in relation to everything. I hope that makes sense. Yeah!”
― Mirza Waheed, Tell Her Everything

“It is not by confining one’s neighbour that one is convinced of one’s own sanity.”
― Mirza Waheed, Tell Her Everything