Manas Shukla

“Seriousness shows itself more majestically when laughter leads the way.”
― Heinrich Heine

“Oh how I hate you, you filthy. But you're cleaner than me, because you've got no mind to sell, just that poor flesh.”
― John Fante, Ask the Dust

“When your weakness are your strengths, you cry.”
― John Fante, The Brotherhood of the Grape

“For the Greeks, beauty is truth; for the Hebrews, truth is beauty.”
― Heinrich Heine