Balvinder

“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.”
― Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood

“You know what’s really, powerfully sexy? A sense of humor. A taste for adventure. A healthy glow. Hips to grab on to. Openness. Confidence. Humility. Appetite. Intuition. … Smart-ass comebacks. Presence. A quick wit. Dirty jokes told by an innocent-looking lady. … A storyteller. A genius. A doctor. A new mother. A woman who realizes how beautiful she is.”
― Courtney E Martin

“Life’s an awfully tiring game,’ the second old man said philosophically one day. ‘That fellow above,’ he pointed at the sky, ‘is a mighty dangerous scorekeeper. No matter how many goals you score, he cancels them out in the end and you’re left with a big zero.’ ‘Have you started thinking about dying?’ ‘What good would dying do? Even if a tree stops flowering or bearing fruit, even if no leaves sprout on it, it’s still better that it stays put. If nothing else, at least snakes and squirrels can find refuge in it.”
― Memon, The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told

“What if we found an abandoned child here—wouldn’t that be fun?’ ‘What’s the use? We’ll bring him up, worry our heads over him, he’ll grow up and one day leave us.’ ‘That’s never stopped parents from bringing up kids.”
― Memon, The Greatest Urdu Stories Ever Told