Taslima Nasrin Quotes

We live in a society where there is no law in making money in the promulgation of ignorance or, in some cases, stupidity. There are a lot of things you can say never happened. You can go as relatively quasi-harmless as saying no one went to the moon. But you also can say that the Holocaust never happened.

In the never-ending battle you have all officially joined as of today, the difference is in how truly you believe, in how vociferously you promote, in how tightly you hold onto the truth that is self-evident: that of course we are all created equally yet differently, and of course we are all in this together.

Cocaine addiction is God's way of saying "You make too damn much money!

I encouraged the leadership in its time of weakness. Now that they are strong, I'm allowed not to applaud. If a Palestinian state is established, I will be in the opposition. That's my natural place.

Losing him was blue like I’d never known;
Missing him was dark grey all alone.
Forgetting him was like trying to know
Somebody you've never met.
But loving him was red;
Loving him was red.

What was the future? The future was a solid wall, not promising, not threatening—all bunk. No guarantees of anything, not even the guarantee that life isn't one big joke.

I keep saying, Shakspeare, Shakspeare, you are as obscure as life is.

Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table is ready.

Wish I had concentrated; they said love was complicated.
But it was something I just fell into.
And it was overrated, but just look what I created!

I think she is an example for a lot of women who are discouraged by the culture because it does not reward you.

I want to put out the fires of Hell, and burn down the rewards of Paradise. They block the way to Allah. I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of Allah.

Soon everyone will know that he has created and then killed.

No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly," His Highness replied, "...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

Someone is saying we are contemplating sending aid to help the Pakistani refugees. I hope to hell we’re not.

He was a quiet person, saying only as much as was needed. His thinking was clear and his talk not meaningless but substantive.