Darshana Viswanathan

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Darshana.


Loading...
Paulo Coelho
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”
Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

George Orwell
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm

Paulo Coelho
“People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.”
Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

George Orwell
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
George Orwell, 1984

George Orwell
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
George Orwell, 1984

year in books
Supraja
112 books | 84 friends

Aravind...
101 books | 28 friends

Pragadeesh
185 books | 39 friends

Karthic...
0 books | 66 friends

Samruth...
1 book | 8 friends

Visha MG
2 books | 169 friends

Janani ...
4 books | 28 friends

Surabhi...
1 book | 19 friends

More friends…
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
77,779 books — 290,234 voters




Polls voted on by Darshana

Lists liked by Darshana