Rama Dwivedi

“A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done. If a story seems moral, do not believe it.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.’ Or, better still: ‘A modest little person with much to be modest about.”
― Karan Thapar, As I Like It

“People who have cats live longer. There’s research. I think maybe it’s because you don’t want to live as long after it dies. My cat was very old, at the end he was almost blind, I used to wake up at night because he’d accidentally knock things over on the floor. I miss that all the time now. It’s hard to get used to a silent apartment.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

“Statues are not neutral, and do not exist in vacuums. Our reactions to them depend on who they commemorate, who put them up, who defends them, who pulls them down, and why.”
― Alex von Tunzelmann, Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History