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The Trader of War Stories QUOTES

The Trader of War Stories QUOTES

1 " Wars were full of valour, coming of courage, fomenting of rage and the anticipation of victory. The soldiers were content with what they had spoiled, but it had made my mind run wild in the battles I had escaped.

How could I ever obliterate such memories? Such things were hard to forget. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

2 " The truth was simple but politicians made it complicated. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

3 " Whenever a Serb bled or was buried, they would claim the land as their own territory. Such was their fervent nationalism. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

4 " When there was sunshine followed by calm winds in the summer, the water of these rivers reflected many shiny ripples, and in the sunset, transformed into quiet, silver coloured watercourses. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

5 " How long can I mold my identity in the changing world around me? Sometimes, I feel that I am a refugee in exile whose life has been smashed into pieces by many ill facets of ghastly wars. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

6 " At one point in time, I had thought that my writing was a product of my circumstances and the uncertainty around me. There was a human vulnerability in combat journalism, wherever I was reporting on the continuous war. But it also made me love the poetic beauty in words. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

7 " Someone had told me that the Taliban reserve was limitless and there were never huge causalities in their organisation. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

8 " Bullet-ridden bodies were not saved easily. For these fallen soldiers, it wasn’t a sort of accident that happened unexpectedly, it was rather an ordeal of fate that had to come one day. Death made them lose in its surety. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

9 " For immigrants, nothing was simple, ever. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

10 " People still were emotionally connected to the vale by seeing a value in their local cultural life. They were still seriously political and tried to find their identity by inheriting memories from the experiences of each other. For Kashmiris, the struggle to remember never ended. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

11 " Politics had often changed world history and the worst collateral damage of wars were the common people. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

12 " There was always a moral quandary in a conflict, as bad dogmas existed, about not caring about the injustice of people, of other races and nationalities. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

13 " America had been a nation of immigrants. Whether their ancestors had immigrated by choice or by force, that was not the problem, the problem now was the cause of identity against many newcomers that included Muslims who were viewed with suspicion, many as enemies of America. But this was only a partial truth, if you believe me. Many shared an American dream and wanted to contribute to the country with their services. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

14 " I was after truth, no matter how painful it was to swallow. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

15 " The country felt like a cursed miniature. Forlorn to its core. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

16 " Bombers had come, they blew up everything and I wrote these stories out of necessities, as if I was a trader of war stories. That’s how my life story had been for many years. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

17 " In war, there was either surrender or rebellion. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

18 " It seemed that the world was in need of erudite journalists, and I was seeking morality in an amoral world. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

19 " There was a bewilderment of emotions looming around me. It had been a mixture of sadness and happiness. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories

20 " Memories had etched. Life had progressed, I had aged and had many personal regrets, but the passion of my job remained in me. "

― Naveed Qazi , The Trader of War Stories