Thiruppathi Muthukumar

“Please stop patronizing those who are reading a book - The Da Vinci Code, maybe- because they are enjoying it. For a start, none of us know what kind of an effort this represents for the individual reader. It could be his or her first full-length adult novel; it might be the book that finally reveals the purpose and joy of reading to someone who has hitherto been mystified by the attraction books exert on others. And anyway, reading for enjoyment is what we should all be doing. I don't mean we should all be reading chick lit or thrillers (although if that's what you want to read, it's fine by me, because here's something no one else will tell you: if you don't read the classics, or the novel that won this year's Booker Prize, then nothing bad will happen to you; more importantly,nothing good will happen to you if you do); I simply mean that turning pages should not be like walking through thick mud. The whole purpose of books is that we read them, and if you find you can't, it might not be your inadequacy that's to blame. "Good" books can be pretty awful sometimes.”
― Nick Hornby, Housekeeping vs. the Dirt

“ஒரு முச்சந்தி வியாபாரிக்குத் தேவையில்லை. முழுமையாக விடுதலையடைந்த மனிதர்களுக்கும் தேவையில்லை இந்த இரண்டு எல்லைகளுக்கும் நடுவில் இருப்பவர்களுக்கு இலக்கியம் தேவை..”
― Jeyamohan

“முகமூடிக்கு எப்போதும் ஒரே உணர்ச்சிதான், முகம் அப்படிபட்டதல்ல..”
― Jeyamohan

“That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.”
― Anthony Trollope