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“Every one has the right to refute any opinion. But no one has the right to prevent its expression.”
― Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

“The truth is, the only difference between good girls and bad girls is: Good girls just haven’t been caught yet.”
― Richard Cooper, The Unplugged Alpha: The No Bullsh*t Guide To Winning With Women & Life

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living

“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“महरी के पीछे-पीछे चोर दरवाज़े में घुसे। कमरों के बाद कमरे, दालान के बाद दालान, सेहन के बाद सेहन पार करते हुए, नौकरों, बाँदियों, लौंडियों और गुलामों की सलामें लेते हुए आखिर बेगम के खास कमरे में पहुँचे। सफेद चाँदनी का फर्श, चाँदी का तख्तपोश और कोच, छत में झाड़ और हज़ारा फानूस, चाँदी की एक पलंगड़ी, कीमती बिल्लौर की गोल मेज़ कमरे के बीचोंबीच।”
― आचार्य चतुरसेन [Acharya Chatursen], धर्मपुत्र

“अम्बपाली की यवनी दासी मदलेखा के निकट आई, उसकी लज्जा से झुकी हुई ठोड़ी उठाई और कहा–‘‘कैसे इतना सहती हो बहिन, जब हम सब बातें करते हैं, हंसते हैं, विनोद करते हैं, तुम मूक-बधिर-सी चुपचाप खड़ी कैसे रह सकती हो? निर्मम पाषाण-प्रतिमा सी! यही विनय तुम्हें सिखाया गया है? ओह! तुम हमारे हास्य में हंसती नहीं और हमारे विलास से प्रभावित भी नहीं होतीं?’’ रोहिणी ने आंखों में आंसू भरकर मदलेखा को छाती से लगा लिया। फिर पूछा–‘‘तुम्हारा नाम क्या है, हला?’’ मदलेखा ने घुटनों तक धरती में झुककर रोहिणी का अभिवादन किया और कहा–‘‘देवी, दासी का नाम मदलेखा है।”
― आचार्य चतुरसेन, वैशाली की नगरवधू [Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu]

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I didn’t remember how long we talked, but somewhere amidst her laughter and smiles, I decided I would rip the world apart for her.”
― Amber V. Nicole, The Book of Azrael

“We are guardians, but also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.”
― Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Lord of the Mysteries

“Greed always makes one foolish. Even when a person knows that there's only the abyss in front of him, he'll still attempt to walk to the edge and take a peek.”
― Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Lord of the Mysteries Volume 1

“A price is always exacted for what fate bestows, isnt it ?”
― Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, Lord of the Mysteries