Sharmilee Patel

“You began what you described as your accomplished solitude from that day. This term—accomplished solitude—struck me deeply. And it slowly began to dawn on you that you did not need people around you when you were painting or reading, when you were watching a film with deep concentration, or when you sat down to eat, chewing every mouthful and savouring every flavour. You made loneliness easy on yourself.”
― Sachin Kundalkar, Cobalt Blue

“Speak softly, sir. The regime has ears on all sides.'
'There's an old saying that the regime is deaf.'
'It's deaf only when we speak about our problems. When we talk about the regime, its ears are quite sharp.”
― Perumal Murugan, Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat

“You see, for me, memories are difficult. Very often, they hurt. A curious thing about grief is the way it takes your entire life, all those foundational years that made you who you are, and makes them so painful to look back upon because of the absence there, that suddenly they’re inaccessible. You must invent an entirely new system.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“My hand was unwilling to move until my mind found a path.”
― Viswanathan Anand, Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A Champion's Life