Ashish Dubey

“But man is not made for defeat," he said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

“A mouse is too weak to fight a lion but too strong for the cords that can holds a lion.”
― Aesop's Fables, Aesop's Fables

“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful.
And if not the butterflies– and the caterpillars– who will call upon me? You will be far away. . . as for the large animals– I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.”
And, navely, she showed her four thorns. Then she added:
“Don’t linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!”
For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower. . .”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“Staring is half the victory in love.”
― R.K. Narayan, The Bachelor of Arts