Sreejit Poole > Quotes

“Time must be such a patient fellow to put up with the monotony of each moment. Each second ticking away with ungodly precision, reminding itself that it cannot escape its own perfection. And those wretched blue bells were like a pain in my side. I waited and waited for their ring and then I cursed them when they finally came and did not sing the number of rings that would signify the end to my struggles. Each second was like a weight being added to my shoulders, asking me why I had left comfort for starvation, certainty for uncertainty, security for freedom.
--From Of Mind Or Matter”
― Sreejit Poole

“It’s all about understanding. One seeks to understand the world and the other to understand ourselves. But more than that, one seeks to control the world and the other its people.”
― Sreejit Poole, Of Mind Or Matter

“I repeat, in case you missed it, that there is no greater teacher in this world than misery. It gives you character and respectability if you take from it all that it has to offer. A real friend would point out all your faults, but how many true friends do we have in this world? One if we’re lucky. But misery is a friend that we can always count on. It teaches self-control and helps us to distinguish between right, wrong and necessary. It helps us to contemplate the meaning of life, and if we are unable to find that meaning, it helps us to deal with it. The best advice that I could give you, Ballard, is to not be afraid to befriend misery, because it will haunt and torment you until you do.”
― Sreejit Poole, Of Mind Or Matter

“Shaking her head, Daisy asked me, “Why do you act as if you’re so dumb?” And I admit that I was completely dumbfounded by this question. “It is not,” she continued, “as if you don’t know what is right and what is wrong, but instead you simply choose what you know is wrong out of habit. You go on asking infinite questions like a fool when the simple answer in life is to just do what you know is right. I’m sick of seeing you like this. Stand up for yourself. If you want to become a good person, then it is up to you to make yourself into the person you want to be. You’re not a feeble mouse having to run the course that life sets before you, but you are a mighty warrior able to choose if you want to turn right or turn left. But you will certainly suffer for your choices, so by God start making the right ones.”
― Sreejit Poole, Of Mind Or Matter