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“We also knew that it was in the nature of an empty stomach to produce illusions of grandeur.”
― Khushwant Singh, Delhi: A Novel

“Men have many faults, women only two: Everything they say, and everything they do.”
― Khushwant Singh, Khushwant Singh on Women, Sex, Love and Lust

“...Secularism has two meanings: the Western concept makes a clear distinction between functions of the State which includes politics and functions of religion which are confined to places of worship, public or private. This is the concept that Nehru accepted, preached and practiced. The other concept was equal respect for all religions. This was propagated and observed by men like Bapu Gandhi and Maulana Azad and lasted as long as the two men were alive. After that it deteriorated to a mere display of religiosity. If you were a devout Hindu you went to a Muslim dargah or threw an Iftar party to prove you were secular. If you were Muslim, you celebrated Diwali with your Hindu friends. Secularism was reduced to a sham display. Time has shown that as far as secularism is concerned, Nehru was right; Gandhi and Azad were wrong.”
― Khushwant Singh

“The news from Delhi brings tears to everyone’s eyes. Neither Nadir Shah nor Abdali, neither the Marathas, nor the Jats, nor the Sikhs caused so much havoc as is reported to have been caused by the ill-begotten Ghulam Qadir, the grandson of Najibuddaulah, and his ruffianly gangs of Rohillas. This villain insulted and deposed Shah Alam II before putting out his eyes. May Allah burn his carcass in the fires of gehennum! Only Allah knows how long murder and looting will go on in Delhi! They will have to revive the dead to find victims and bring back some loot to be able to loot again. Delhi is said to have become like a living skeleton. Burnt in flames till every building was reduced to ashes How fair a city was the heart that love put to the fire !”
― Khushwant Singh, Delhi: A Novel

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”
― Edith Sitwell

“Nothing burns like the cold.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“Is there no way out of the mind?”
― Sylvia Plath

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“होंठों पर जिन्दगी की प्यास है”
― Amrita Pritam, मेरी प्रिय कहानियाँ [Meri Priya Kahaniyaan]