Days of Longing Quotes

“It was like an invisible fire that we could feel, that had been trying to pierce through our mutual darkness. It struck me that each of us is a darkness for the other. Three days or three years don’t make a difference unless we can catch hold of a burning moment in the darkness, knowing full well that it won’t last and after it is extinguished we will slide back into our own chilling solitude.”
― Nirmal Verma, Days of Longing

“Happiness always takes us by surprise, or perhaps it is not happiness. It is one’s unhappiness diminished in size.”
― Nirmal Verma, Days of Longing