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![मृत्युंजय [Mrutyunjay] by Shivaji Sawant](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355655218l/6369447._SY75_.jpg "मृत्युंजय [Mrutyunjay] by Shivaji Sawant")
“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Once again I’m struck by melancholy. I want to spend the rest of my life studying Eridian biology! But I have to save humanity first. Stupid humanity. Getting in the way of my hobbies.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Enjoy the stories of other people's lives, but don't forget to live your own.”
― Rock Paper Scissors
― Rock Paper Scissors
“Their feelings were suppressed so carefully in everyday life, forced into smaller and smaller spaces, until seemingly minor events took on insane and frightening significance. It was permissible to touch each other and cry during football matches.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently. You learn nothing very profound about yourself simply by being bullied; but by bullying someone else you learn something you can never forget.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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