Ankit Sethi

“He had been angry for years about the disgraceful way the priory was run, and now he had a chance to set all those things right himself. Suddenly he was not sure he could. It was not just a question of seeing what ought to be done and ordering that it should be so. People had to be persuaded, property had to be managed, money had to be found. It was a job for a wise head. The responsibility would be heavy.”
― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

“I don’t know. We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren’t happy. Something’s missing. I looked around. The only thing I positively knew was gone was the books I’d burned in ten or twelve years. So I thought books might help.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“He was too clever. If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything. You just leave common sense behind.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“This sense of absence had been growing since Molly’s funeral. It was wearing into him. Last night he had woken beside his sleeping wife and had to touch his own face to be assured he remained a physical entity.”
― Ian McEwan, Amsterdam