A Quote by Mohsin Hamid

I think sometimes feeling that you've been marginalized opens you up to the realization that, in their own lives, almost everyone experiences marginalization, a kind of foreigner sense.

Mohsin Hamid

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Almost Been Everyone Experiences Feeling Foreigner Kind Lives Marginalization Marginalized Opens Own Realization Sense Sometimes Think Up

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Mohsin Hamid
Pakistani - Novelist
Born: July 23, 1971

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