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People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.Hanif Kureishi
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Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.Hanif Kureishi
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I have learned that the libido, like Elvis and jealousy, never dies. I know copulators of eighty-five. Who said you need an erection, a body or an orgasm for sex?Hanif Kureishi
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Sex is like art: if you know what you’re doing, you don’t know what you’re doing.Hanif Kureishi
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I don’t like being left for long struggling with my dangerous self.Hanif Kureishi
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The past looks worse the closer you look at it.Hanif Kureishi
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Whoever thought that pleasure makes you happy?Hanif Kureishi
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I am dust and my story ends here.Hanif Kureishi
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Old age is the new childhood.Hanif Kureishi
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Act — make an event. Smash the coordinates and see where the smithereens fly. Let in the madness, and be sure to be a danger to oneself and others. Too much thinking turns you into that fool Hamlet.Hanif Kureishi
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I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.Hanif Kureishi