“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.”
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“Operna did not understand this habit of Indian men. If they could letch at her so overtly, they might as well ask her directly who she was. Why did they always turn to someone else and say, 'Wont you introduce us?' It was so pathetic.”
― Serious Men
― Serious Men
“The tragedy of mediocrity is that even mediocre people shake their heads and mull over how standard are falling.
- Serious Men”
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- Serious Men”
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“From the comfort of distance, [Non resident Indians and Kashmiris] financially and emotionally support ideologies whose consequence they don’t have to face. They are not just a nuisance. As a collective they are dangerous. When men capable of murder receive the affection of engineers and MBAs, it makes them potentially far more lethal.”
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“Children are like poems. They're beautiful -- to their creators -- but to others they're just silly and fucking annoying.”
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