Horus

“The irony was we would pray for a free period during school hours to escape classes, but a whole vacation with no school was turning out to a burden.”
― Milind Bokil, Shala

“I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult. Always having to prove that there’s more to you, wanting people to see beneath the surface, to be loved for yourself, and not your stunning body, sparkling eyes or thick, lustrous hair.
In most professions, getting older means getting better at your job, earning respect because of your seniority and experience. If your job depends on your looks, the opposite is true—how depressing. Suffering other people’s unkindness must be difficult too; all those bitter, less attractive people, jealous and resentful of your beauty. That’s incredibly unfair of them. After all, beautiful people didn’t ask to be born that way. It’s as unfair to dislike someone because they’re attractive as it is to dislike someone because of a deformity.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

“ये मन भी अजीब जंतु है। शरीर की दशा-दिशा, हालत-मकसद, ताकत-आदत और सीमाओं का कभी ख्याल नहीं रखता। शरीर होता कहीं है और मन शरीर को लिए कहीं और जाता है। मंदिर की सीढ़ियाँ चढ़ते मन सबसे पापी हो सकता है और किसी का गला रेतते हुए यही जटिल मन गंगास्नान-से भाव में डूबा हो सकता है। ब”
― Anu Singh Choudhary, Neela Scarf

“The first condition of happiness is that a man must find joy in his work. Unless the work brings joy, the tedium of an aimless life can be soul-destroying. Something”
― Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj