“...the reading of many books brings wisdom, and the reading of one brings ignorance armed with rage and hatred.”
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“It is hard to lift up your own misfortune. To be at once the viewer and the viewed. To be both above and below. The one below is a spot, a shadow . . . To consider your own person in the light of eternity (read: in the light of death). To rise into the air. The world from a bird's-eye view.”
― Hourglass
― Hourglass
“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“You can't play the role of a victim all your life without becoming one in the end.”
― Garden, Ashes
― Garden, Ashes
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