Anshuman Mishra > Anshuman's Quotes

“Books are not just pages with words — they are keys that unlock worlds, minds, and dreams. Every book you read adds a new color to the canvas of your soul.”
― Anshuman Mishra

“Treat a work of art like a prince: let it speak to you first.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“Maybe we should just start with the basics. What’s your favorite color?” He lifted a brow at the mundane question but reached out with the hand that wasn’t propping him up and tugged at the tail of the velvet ribbon tied in her hair. “Red.” The ribbon perfectly matched the rest of her ensemble: a high-collared, scarlet chemise with long gossamer sleeves that puffed at her shoulders and tapered then flared at her wrists, beneath a black velvet corset.”
― Kaylie Smith, Phantasma