Nishant Shah

“woman who claimed to want only the best for me, and yet she gave birth to me!”
― David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

“Of course. And you said I was one of a kind, and that if I cried ’cause of them, then you see it upside down, and it’s like I’m laughing ’cause of me.”
― David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

“from the minute I saw your face, your round, light-filled face, with its beautiful, wise, pure forehead, with its roots of strong, dense hair, which I stupidly believed testified to your strong grip on life, and your broad, large, generous, dancing body – don’t you dare erase even one of those adjectives – you were such medicine for me, such medicine for the dry bachelorhood that had closed in on me,”
― David Grossman, A Horse Walks into a Bar

“What really gives people meaning and happiness is a combination of four things: Control over what they're doing, progress in what they're pursuing, being connected with others, and being part of something they enjoy that's bigger than themselves.”
― Morgan Housel, Everyone Believes It; Most Will Be Wrong: Motley Thoughts on Investing and the Economy