Quotes by Adib Khan

About Adib Khan:

Adib Khan is an Australian novelist of Bangladeshi origin. He moved to Australia in 1973 and obtained an MA from Monash University in 1976. He taught creative writing at Ballarat University, and in 2007 returned to Monash to pursue a PhD.
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We have to live within the framework of our limitations and the mistakes we make. Argue with Destiny, but never try to wrestle it into submission. If you do, you’ll end up losing.

Adib Khan

I wish I had the gift of religious faith. Sometimes I long to believe in a structured universe designed purposefully for mankind.

Adib Khan

If manifestations of her love are overwhelming and sometimes seem imprudent, it’s because the intensity of such caring doesn’t exist in other areas of life. Ma does not love from behind a protective shield. I’m incapable of opening up to people...

Adib Khan

I suspect each of us uses the past to prop up the bruised present. It’s a clumsy try for the comfort of normality.

Adib Khan

I don’t enjoy surprises that compel me to renegotiate my relationship with the past.

Adib Khan

Stop trying to be a magician. The past won’t come back. It likes its safety in memory.

Adib Khan

Author Bio

  • NameAdib Khan
  • DescriptionWriter
  • ProfessionNovelist