Srividya Vijapure

“Every passion or wicked thought, every affliction or crime, every rebellion or catastrophe necessarily casts its shadow before it long before it manifests itself in real life.”
― Ismail Kadare, The Palace Of Dreams

“Our two solitudes never quite merged, perhaps, but accepted each other gratefully.”
― May Sarton, I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography

“It's the simple truth that mortal men cannot understand why the gods shape events as they do. Why some men and women are cut off in fullest flower, while others live to dwindle into shadows of themselves. Why virtue must sometimes be trampled and evil flourish amidst the beauty of a country garden. Why chance, sheer random chance, plays such an overwhelming role in the life lines and fate lines of men.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love...I sought what I might love, in love with loving.”
― Augustine of Hippo