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“ख़ुद को व्यस्त रखने में एक अजीब-सा भारीपन है।”
― Manav Kaul, Antima

“One courageous thought
will put to flight a host
of troubles.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Don’t give up. One success
will erase many failures.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Feeling down and out?
Lift up your head
and shout—
‘It’s a great day!”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Stay still within, even if
the world around you is all
sound and fury.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Now and then there comes
a time in our affairs when
courage is safer than
prudence.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“What have we to expect? Anything. What have we to fear? Nothing. What have we to hope for? Everything.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Be honest, give your
opinion for what it’s
worth; that is, if you are
asked for it.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“If at times life seems a
battle,’ said Grandfather,
‘well then, enjoy the battle.
Make it a good battle.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“What if you failed
yesterday? Today is not
yesterday, is it?”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“God gave us our faces,’
said Granny, ‘we give
ourselves our expressions.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“The reason why few
people succeed in moving
mountains is that few of
them practice on molehills.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Friendship is a
sheltering tree.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“It’s the bad writers who
are always pleased
with themselves.”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“Before you get upset,
ask yourself: Does it really matter?”
― Ruskin Bond, A Little Book of Life

“You’re a book lover; you don’t have enough shelves to begin with. Ignore the decorators.”
― Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

“However much food you ate, as long as you were alive, you would experience hunger again, and words, however you managed to capture them, would disperse again like phantoms into the void.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“The moment you thought you had captured words in a volume, they became a wriggling mass impossible to catch hold of, slipping by you, changing their shape as if to laugh off the compilers’ exhaustion and passion, and issuing a challenge: “Try again! Catch us if you can!”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“What lies deep inside the heart can be a mystery even to oneself.”
― Shion Miura, The Great Passage

“सामने देखते हुए ऐसा लगता है जैसे किसी ने जीवन का फ़ास्ट फ़ॉर्वर्ड बटन दबा दिया है। सारा जिया हुआ हमारे सामने से भागता हुआ निकलता जा रहा है और हम किसी भी चीज़ को छू नहीं पा रहे हैं।”
― Manav Kaul, Shirt Ka Teesra Button । शर्ट का तीसरा बटन

“काश अगर चित्रलेखा एक ख़त रस्कोलनिकोव को लिख दे”
― Manav Kaul, Shirt Ka Teesra Button । शर्ट का तीसरा बटन

“मैं उस पुल पर देर तक टहलना चाहती थी जिससे ये दो अलग दुनिया जुड़ सकती थीं।”
― Manav Kaul, Shirt Ka Teesra Button । शर्ट का तीसरा बटन