SUMANTA ROYCHOWDHURY
“The battlefield disappeared, and with it, the illusion that there had ever been a battlefield. For this was no war of occupation, but a war of quick penetration and obliteration.”
“Now he realized that this matter of faith was either radically to be taken seriously or radically not to be taken seriously.”
― The High Mountains of Portugal
― The High Mountains of Portugal
“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Every point in history is a crossroads. A single travelled road leads from the past to the present, but myriad paths fork off into the future. Some of those paths are wider, smoother and better marked, and are thus more likely to be taken, but sometimes history – or the people who make history – takes unexpected turns.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“before he fell asleep, Molière’s words came to him, strangely comforting: Unbroken happiness is a bore; it should have ups and downs.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“truth is strong medicine. It should be prescribed with great care,”
― Relationship
― Relationship
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