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“When our schools fail to teach our children what they should know, other schools take their place and teach different lessons, which we may not like.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

“What makes you think you can survive as a saint in this world, unless you make it your business to exploit the gullible and greedy?”
― Anand Neelakantan, Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

“There are people who will offer you many things and demand nothing in return. Fear them the most, for they are the ones who will take the things that are most precious to you and then their demands will come at a time when it is most inconvenient to you.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

“No self-respecting God would allow a good man to be happy for long. God has relevance only in the unhappiness of good people.”
― Anand Neelakantan, Ajaya: Roll of the Dice

“Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows?" He smiles. "Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than that. They just were.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Name one hero who was happy."
I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back.
"You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward.
"I can't."
"I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."
"Tell me." I loved it when he was like this.
"I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."
"Why me?"
"Because you're the reason. Swear it."
"I swear it," I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes.
"I swear it," he echoed.
We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned.
"I feel like I could eat the world raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
― John Lennon

“I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want a woman who is better than I am; a woman who will compel me to bow my head in admiration.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas

“his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it”
― Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

“People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting”
― Amish Tripathi

“The distance between Evil and Good is a vast expanse in which many can exist without being either.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

“When the axe entered the forest, the trees said to each other: do not worry, the handle in that axe is one of us”.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“Nature is not concerned about fairness, it only interested in efficiency.”
― Amish Tripathi

“There's your truth and then there is my truth. As for the universal truth; it does not exist".”
― Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas

“A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction.”
― Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

“But the strange thing about anger is that it is like fire; the more you feed it, the more it grows. It takes a lot of wisdom to know when to let anger go.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“If you compromise the prospects of the strong, and lean too much towards the interests of the weak, then your society itself goes into decline.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“If I’m successful, people will call me brave. If I fail, I will be called foolish. Let me do what I think is right. I’ll leave the verdict to the future.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“Weak people celebrate when twists of fate hurt their tormentors”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“If He is my God, if He picks my side over someone else’s, He is not the One God. The only true One God is the one who picks no sides, who belongs to everything, who doesn’t demand loyalty or fear; in fact, who doesn’t demand anything at all. Because the Ekam just exists; and His existence allows for the existence of all else.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.”
― J.D. Salinger