“You would have realized that it wasn't Mumtaz, a muslim, a friend of yours, but a human being you had killed. I mean, if he was a bastard, by killing him you wouldn't have killed the bastard in him; similarly, assuming that he was a Muslim, you wouldn't have killed his Muslimness, but him.” ReligionRiots Book:Toba Tek Singh: Stories Source: Toba Tek Singh: Stories
“میرے شہر کے معززین کو میرے شہر کی طوائفوں سےزیادہ بہتر کوئی نہیں جانتا۔” UrduUrdu LiiteratureManto Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“Here in Manto's own words that he wanted to mark his grave with: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Here lies Saadat Hasan Manto and with him lie buried all the secrets and mysteries of the art of short-story writing.... Under tons of earth he lies, still wondering who among the two is greater short-story writer: God or He.” WritingArtStillsTwoStoriesWantedEarthLyingNamesSecretWonderGreaterMysteryMarkGravesBuriedCompassionateShort StoryMercifulStory WritingStory Writers Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“If a man has to make a woman the center of his love, why should he integrate animality into this sacred human emotion?...Is love incompelete without it?...Is love the name of physical excersize ?” IfsMenShouldHumansNamesEmotionSacredHis LoveIntegratingHuman Emotions Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“...and it is also possible, that Saadat Hasan dies, but Manto remains alive.” DiesAliveRemains Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“If you cannot bear these stories then the society is unbearable. Who am I to remove the clothes of this society, which itself is naked. I don't even try to cover it, because it is not my job, that's the job of dressmakers.” IfsTryingStoriesJobsBearsClothesNakedRemoveUnbearableThis Society Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“Hindustan had become free. Pakistan had become independent soon after its inception but man was still slave in both these countries -- slave of prejudice … slave of religious fanaticism … slave of barbarity and inhumanity.” MenStillsCountryReligiousPrejudiceIndependentSlavePakistanFanaticismInhumanityInceptionBarbarity Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“I feel like I am always the one tearing everything up and forever sewing it back together.” FeelsTogetherForeverBack TogetherSewing Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.” PeopleGivingFirstsEndsMightDisplayEscapismPretension Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“Some people kiss as if they were eating watermelon” PeopleIfsFoodKissingEatingCookingCulinary Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“But love, whether in Multan or on Siberia's icy tundra, whether in the winter or the summer, whether among the rich or the poor, whether among the beautiful or the ugly, whether among the crude or refined, love is always just love. There's no difference.” BeautifulDifferencesLove IsPoorRichSummerWinterUglyRefinedCrudeIcySiberia Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
“If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth” IfsStoriesDirty Author:Saadat Hasan Manto
