“Whenever he started a book with two solitary travellers riding along the brink of a desperate ravine he knew he was safe. The”
― Of Human Bondage
― Of Human Bondage
“But when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale screen. To transform these icons into characters and events, you must imagine. And when you imagine, you create.”
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
― How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
“Language was both his livelihood and his addiction and he was often preyed upon by a near irresistible compulsion to eavesdrop on conversations in public places.”
― The Hungry Tide
― The Hungry Tide
“Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.”
― My Life and My Views
― My Life and My Views
“I had a book in my hands to while away the time and it occurred to me that in a way a landscape is not unlike a book - a compilation of pages that overlap without two ever being the same. People open the book according to their taste and training, their memories and desires. On occasion these pages are ruled with lines that are invisible to some people, while being for others, as real, as charged and as volatile as high-voltage cables.”
― The Hungry Tide
― The Hungry Tide
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