Swastik Pradhan

“When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
― Confucius

“To those who wait
Only for flowers,
Show them a spring
Of grass amid the snow
In a mountain village.”
― Sen no Rikyū

“In his writings, Proust suggests that our memory is separate from us, residing in the ocean breeze or the smells of early autumn—things linked to the earth that recur periodically, confirming the permanence of mankind. For me and no doubt many of my contemporaries, memories are associated with ephemeral things such as a fashionable belt or a summer hit and therefore the act of remembering can do nothing to reaffirm my sense of identity or continuity. It can only confirm the fragmented nature of my life and the belief that I belong to history.”
― Annie Ernaux, Shame

“Dirt is matter out of place”
― Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo