Prateek

“It is the misanthrope who alone has clarity.By standing outside the huddles of man,he sees a lot,and what he often sees is the evidence that people are not as smart as dogs think they are.And he wants to see it time and again.In the fog of ambiguities and mysteries,he desperately searches for truths because truth usually shows humanity in a poor light”
― Manu Joseph, The Illicit Happiness of Other People

“As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him.”
― Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

“Bertie," he said, "I want your advice."
"Carry on."
"At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old ass, aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings of course."
"No, no, I see that.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown