Zisha

“What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool's jokes, but now that the canvas hung there, it had developed its own power.”
― Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

“হিউম্যান রাইটস ও হিউম্যান বিয়িং মিলে হয় হিউম্যানিজম। হিউম্যানিজমের কালিমা হলো ‘লা ইলাহা ইল্লাল্ ইনসান’।”
― ইফতেখার সিফাত, হিউম্যান বিয়িং : শতাব্দীর বুদ্ধিবৃত্তিক দাসত্ব

“Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“The conversations that follow are gratifying for Connell, often taking unexpected turns and prompting him to express ideas he had never consciously formulated before. They talk about the novels he's reading, the research she studies, the precise historical moment that they are currently living in, the difficulty of observing such a moment in process. At times he has the sensation that he and Marianne are like figure-skaters, improvising their discussions so adeptly and in such perfect synchronisation that it suprises them both. She tosses herself gracefully into the air, and each time, without knowing how he's going to do it, he catches her.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People