Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke Quotes: Language lacks the power to describe Faith.
         

Language lacks the power to describe Faith.


Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke
Check all other quotes by Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Language lacks the power to describe Faith.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 18 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Language-lacks-the-power-to-describe-Faith-88927>.





Check out


Other quotes of Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke


When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain.



And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.

And with a last stardrop, a last circle, I arrive, and she's there, chemical wonder in her eyes.



Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.

Some things are too good. They make everything else worthless.



There's a reason prophets perform miracles: language lacks the power to describe faith. And you have to land on faith before you can even begin to hike around to its flip side, betrayal.

There's a reason prophets perform miracles: language lacks the power to describe faith. And you have to land on faith before you can even begin to hike around to its flip side, betrayal.



I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.

I have this thing about friends and secrets. Sometimes when I meet a person I like, I tell them a secret they don't know me well enough to be told. It lets me judge their potential as a friend.



Children are excellent judges of character, you know

Children are excellent judges of character, you know



When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain

When the uncertain future becomes the past, the past in turn becomes uncertain



I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.

I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.



Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.

Some men drink the blood of other men, all I drink is wine.



Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I shrug and put the note into my wallet.

Pride tells me to give it back, but common sense tells pride to shut up, have a joint and relax. I shrug and put the note into my wallet.





Other quotes you may like


Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.

Time well spent results in more money to spend, more money to save, and more time to vacation.



I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.



The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.



That's what sons do: write to their mothers about recall, tell themselves about the past until they come to realize that they are the past.

That's what sons do: write to their mothers about recall, tell themselves about the past until they come to realize that they are the past.



We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.

We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.



Suddenly, I don't want to be this person anymore. I don't want to pretend I'm fooling the world when I'm not. I want someone else to have a plan for me, because I'm not doing a very good job myself.

Suddenly, I don't want to be this person anymore. I don't want to pretend I'm fooling the world when I'm not. I want someone else to have a plan for me, because I'm not doing a very good job myself.



Documentaries were necessary for my growth as a person. I grew up very sheltered and it was a form of expressing myself.

Documentaries were necessary for my growth as a person. I grew up very sheltered and it was a form of expressing myself.



I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.

I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.



EU didn't advance our [Eastern Europe] democracy by a single millimeter.

EU didn't advance our [Eastern Europe] democracy by a single millimeter.



All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Language lacks the power to describe Faith.". Author of this quote is Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke. This quote is about faith, language, power,.