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1 " ...when somebody says, “I regret nothing,” it’s like you’re willfully not confronting your life. You’re leaving your life unexamined. And I think there’s something in our society that says, Yeah, don’t examine it. Be heedless. Here’s a checklist. Occupy your time and be productive.I mean, what does it say about us that we regret nothing? "
― Wajahat Ali
2 " and vow revenge. They don’t curse all the people who stabbed them in the back and did gheebat. They didn’t weep over all their lost possessions or lose their faith in God. In fact, my parents consider themselves "
― Wajahat Ali , Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
3 " America is an insane country. Everyone has to be a little bit mad to live here. "
4 " My first crush also inspired my first nemesis. Let’s just call him Chad, a tall, skinny, white kid with blonde hair who looked like the promethean Aryan child, molded from the aspirational dreams of white nationalists everywhere. Despite accomplishing nothing of significance in his six years of life, Chad was a cocky bastard who walked like a mediocre white man who woke up every day thinking he pissed excellence. "
5 " There is a mourning in their reminiscence, a hope and prayer for a renaissance that passed us by. I reject this nostalgia. Instead, I ask all those who are still striving to be recognized as "Amreekan" to invest in the present and future Rumis of today. There is someone right now, reading this book, who has always dreamed of being a poet, or a playwright, of a comedian, or a director, but has never had the encouragement. Sometimes a nod of approval, or a compliment, from family or a friend is all it takes, the small gust of wind that lifts the sails. "
