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Jibanananda Das
“চুল তার কবেকার অন্ধকার বিদিশার নিশা,
মুখ তার শ্রাবস্তীর কারুকার্য;”
― Jibanananda Das, বনলতা সেন

J.M. Coetzee
“You told me," I said, "that I should turn this house into a boardinghouse for students. Well, there are better things I could do with it. I could turn it into a haven for beggars. I could run a soup kitchen and a dormitory. But I don't. Why not? Because the spirit of charity has perished in this country. Because those who accept charity despise it, while those who give give with a despairing heart. What is the point of charity when it does not go from heart to heart? What do you think charity is? Soup? Money? Charity: from the Latin word for the heart. It is as hard to receive as to give. it takes as much effort. I wish you would learn that. I wish you would learn something instead of just lying around."

A lie: charity, caritas, has nothing to do with the heart. But what does it matter if my sermons rest on false etymologies? He barely listens when i speak to him. Perhaps, despite those keen bird-eyes, he is more befuddled with drink than I know. Or perhaps, finally, he does not care. Care: the true root of charity. I look for him to care, and he does not. Because he is beyond caring. Beyond caring and beyond care”
― J.M. Coetzee, Age of Iron

Shakti Chattopadhyay
“মনে মনে বহুদূর চলে গেছি – যেখান থেকে ফিরতে হলে আরো একবার জন্মাতে হয়
জন্মেই হাঁটতে হয়
হাঁটতে-হাঁটতে হাঁটতে-হাঁটতে
একসময় যেখান থেকে শুরু করেছিলাম সেখানে পৌঁছুতে পারি
পথ তো একটা নয় –
তবু, সবগুলোই ঘুরে ফিরে ঘুরে ফিরে শুরু আর শেষের কাছে বাঁধা
নদীর দু – প্রান্তের মূল
একপ্রান্তে জনপদ অন্যপ্রান্ত জনশূণ্য
দুদিকেই কূল, দুদিকেই এপার-ওপার, আসা-যাওয়া, টানাপোড়েন –
দুটো জন্মই লাগে
মনে মনে দুটো জন্মই লাগে”
― Shakti Chattopadhyay

J.M. Coetzee
“One must love what is nearest, one must love what is to hand, as a dog loves".”
― J.M. Coetzee, Age of Iron

J.M. Coetzee
“But then in dreams we are always children.”
― J.M. Coetzee, Age of Iron

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