‘The best way to preserve this mood is not to think more than a couple of days ahead.’
From Heaven Lake – Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet – Vikram Seth
‘The best way to preserve this mood is not to think more than a couple of days ahead.’
From Heaven Lake – Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet – Vikram Seth
As a writer, the stuff that doesn’t matter, matters too.’
‘The business between a mother and daughter is never finished.’
‘All too often the really disadvantaged are in no position to rebel; they just suffer quietly.’
‘Change by itself is of no consequence – everything changes. The consciousness emerging from it is, I feel, of greater importance.’
– Savitri – P.S Rege
– The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories – Edited by Stephen Alter and Wimal Dissanayake
‘He was nothing at all when people tried to tell him what he was.’
‘We lived as usual by ignoring. Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance. You have to work at it.’
‘It may be that you still ought to thank god; why, for all you know he may be preserving you for something. Be of great heart and fear less.’
‘I’m confident in my abilities and feel very good about how I handle things. In other words, I got this.’