“Ii would no longer waste time on regret. I would turn my face to the future and carve it into the shape I wanted. - Panchali”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“Aren't we all pawns in the hands of time, the greatest player of them all?”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“Nobody likes being alone that much. I don't go out of my way to make friends, that's all. It just leads to disappointment. ”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Doesn’t the imagination always exaggerate—or diminish—truth?”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
“...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions
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