• Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.

    Nadeem Aslam: Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
    "Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing". Interview With Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.