Ankit Karwasra

“यहाँ तक कि मिर्ज़ा की बेगम साहिबा को इससे इतना द्वेष था कि अवसर खोज-खोजकर पति को लताड़ती थीं। पर उन्हें इसका अवसर मुश्किल से मिलता था। वह सोती ही रहती थीं, तब तक उधर बाज़ी बिछ जाती थी। और”
― Munshi Premchand, शतरंज के खिलाड़ी [Shatranj ke Khiladi]

“We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.* 12”
― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

“D'Artagnan was amazed to note by what fragile and unknown threads the destinies of nations and the lives of men are suspended. He”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

“Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace