Sapan Saxena > Quotes

“You have been the summary of my entire existence; my biggest weakness, my greatest strength. The weathers of my life start and end with you. You complete me.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“And I learnt five new languages in the last three years"

"Only if you could for once understand the language of my eyes.”
― Sapan Saxena

“Every chaos has an order hidden in it. What we see as a chaos, is actually driven by a very disciplined and dedicated order of things. What we need to do is focus on the stuff before us, make our way through this chaos, and that order will sort itself out for us”
― Sapan Saxena, Finders, Keepers

“When Shakti
takes over, Shiva steps back”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Why do you speak like we won’t meet again for such a long time?”
“Because we didn’t, for such a long time,”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“If the intent is right, why waste time thinking about the consequences.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“And then I realized that love is like a helium balloon. You know the one which flies away into the sky if you don’t hold it by its strings? No matter how much I tried to break my string, the balloon always remained there. Know why? Because maybe unknown to yourself, you were holding a couple of strings as well”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“Just remember, though you may have an ample set of well-wishers who would pray for you, there would always be an extra set of prayer called out for you in some part of the world.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“I don’t think you remember me as well as I remember us”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“I always believe that sometimes it would take long, but it's
better to wait than pick the wrong one.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“In every jigsaw puzzle, there is one key piece, and the only tough job is to identify that key piece from the mess out there. “We have to identify that piece. The puzzle would never be completed without it”
― Sapan Saxena, Finders, Keepers

“I am such a classic fool, aren’t I?”

“No, not a fool. Just in love,”

“It’s all the same.”

“No, it’s not.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“Every fact is a myth until proven to be otherwise.”
― Sapan Saxena, Finders, Keepers

“While
motherhood and warship were associated with Parvati and Durga,
Tantra was associated to Kali, food and agriculture to Annapurna,
knowledge and education to Saraswati and, of course, luck and
money to Lakshmi.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Think of it, I literally had to touch death and be born again to live a glimpse of the life that I never had.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“I never thought of a future without you. That was the reason I always lived in the present, hoping I would find you someday.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“Darkness gives her permission, and protector gives the tears.
Beauty provides the conch, while mother provides the spear
Knowledge gives the moon, and head gives the bracelet
Widow provides the creator, while swan provides the snake
Music gives the sight, and the bloom gives mirror.
Or the blood of the queen will fall.
To make her lose a hand.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Sometimes, it’s worth living the dreams, tasks, hopes or ambitions of the people you love, however unjustifiable or stupid they may sound. Sometimes, it’s worth completing what they stood up for. That is the best gift you can give to the people you love.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“Lateral Thinking is key to all the secrets in the world”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“I wanted to cover as much distance as possible to be away from where we were, but there was a storm which restricted me. And now, I have been praying for more snow for the last two days, but it’s just melting away to plain water.”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation

“Every single loss, every single humiliation, teaches us to strive for
more. Failure is the best teacher”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Every night, when I go to sleep in this big lonely haveli, I pray
to God to let me live one more day so I can see her getting the
justice she deserved”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“Mr Haldar, Have you ever encountered legends, myths or magic in any of your cases? I bet you haven’t. This is that case. You still think this is no different?”
― Sapan Saxena

“यत्र तत्र सर्वत्र
Here. There. Everywhere”
― Sapan Saxena, Finders, Keepers

“Only if the human mind had a Garbage Collector.
But then, do we know what references we still hold on?”
― Sapan Saxena

“We both are aware, Madhava, heavens are temporary.”
“So is life. Being temporary doesn’t mean it never existed,”
Krishna replied with a smile.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Oath of Shakuni

“The old must always give way to the new.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Oath of Shakuni

“When invaders invade with an intent to only
loot, they don't normally destroy the idols, but if the intent is also to
sabotage the culture of the land.”
― Sapan Saxena, The Tenth Riddle

“I am such a classic fool, aren't I?"
"No, not a fool. Just in love,"
"It's all the same."
"No, it's not.”
― Sapan Saxena

“That girl who doesn’t even understand my language properly, understands my heart, but the one who should, doesn’t even try”
― Sapan Saxena, Unns: The Captivation