Jyot

“Dinner passed with surprising rapidity. Harry tried to sample at least a little of all the weird new foods he saw. His curiosity couldn't stand the thought of not knowing how something tasted. Thank goodness this wasn't a restaurant where you had to order only one thing and you never found out what all the other things on the menu tasted like. Harry hated that, it was like a torture chamber for anyone with a spark of curiosity: Find out about only one of the mysteries on this list, ha ha ha!”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Work fast."
"Yeah." I point at the screen. "First I have to wait for my computer to wake up."
"Hurry."
"Okay, I'll wait faster."
"Sarcasm.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“મંજરી પાણી કાઢતી હતી. તેના માથા પરથી ઓઢણી ખસી જઈ તેનો અંબોડો અને ડોકની ભભક, ઊંચાનીચા થતા હાથનું સૌંદર્ય, તેથી સંતાકૂકડી કરતાં સ્તનની અપૂર્વતા — બન્ને આવનારની નજરે પડયું. બન્ને મહાત થયા — વિનયશીલ રુદ્રદત્તે ગુરુની દૌહિત્રીના રૂપ આગળ આંખો નમાવી, અડભંગ મણિભદ્ર બેબાકળો થઈ ડોળા ફાડી જોઈ રહ્યો.”
― K.M. Munshi, The Master of Gujarat

“On a scale from one to ‘invade Russia in winter,’ how stupid is this plan?”
― Andy Weir, Artemis