Manasi

“Do we still expect spouses to exert a moral influence upon each other? The notion that husband and wife should make each other better people does not resonate with the most visible goals of contemporary American society. How many young people marry with the conscious expectation that they will become kinder and wiser by virtue of choosing a decent, generous mate? Happier, richer, more successful. Yes! But better human beings?”
― Marilyn Yalom, A History of the Wife

“On rare occasions there comes along a profound original, an odd little book that appears out of nowhere, from the pen of some obscure storyteller, and once you have read it, you will never go completely back to where you were before. The kind of book you might hesitate to lend for fear you might miss its company. The kind of book that echoes from the heart of some ancient knowing, and whispers from time's forgotten cave that life may be more than it seems, and less.”
― E. J. Banfield

“Asleep by the Smiths
Vapour Trail by Ride
Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Dear Prudence by the Beatles
Gypsy by Suzanne Vega
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins
Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!)
MLK by U2
Blackbird by the Beatles
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Asleep by the Smiths (again!)

-Charlie's mixtape”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“माझा देवावर विश्वास नाही. माझा धर्मावर विश्वास नाही. पण देव आणि धर्म यावर विश्वास असणारे लाखो लोक माझ्या भोवती आहेत त्यांच्या पासून तुटून पडण्यावारही माझा विश्वास नाही. त्यांना माझ्या बरोबर खेचून नेण्यासाठी आवश्यक असणारी व्यवहारातील तडजोड करण्यास मी तयार आहे. विचारात मात्र करणार नाही. याच कारण अस आहे की विचार हे तुम्हाला कोणीकडे जायचं आहे याची दिशा दाखवणारे असतात आणि व्यवहार तिथपर्यंत तुम्हाला टप्या टप्याने खेचून नेण्यासाठी असतो.”
― Narhar Kurundkar (नरहर कुरुंदकर)