The Loom of Time Quotes

“KING (to Sakuntala): O fair lady!
The tear drop that once stood
trembling on your lower lip
-and I watched uncaring, lost in delusion-
while it still clings to your gently-curving lashes,
I shall now wipe away, my beloved,
to free myself of remorse.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems

“What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom Of Time

“O Cloud, in all the lands you choose,
gathering greater glory in the rains;
may you never be parted from the lightning
even for an instant.”
― Kalidasa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems

“It is the moon which has room for stains, not the stars.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems

“for happiness, as a rule, is hard to come by:”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom Of Time

“All those born in this land before Bharata,
All those born after, are called after his name.”
― Kālidāsa, The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems