Nirmal Narayanan

“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“You are fettered," said Scrooge, trembling. "Tell me why?"
"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol