Dipankar Sengupta

“If the first requirement of a civilisation is the possession of its own language, the second must be the pursuit of a literary tradition. Books are, in historian Barbara Tuchman's words, the carriers of civilisation.”
― Paul Kriwaczek, Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation

“For we live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; and our time should be counted in the throbs of our hearts as we love and help, learn and strive, and make from our talents whatever can increase the stock of the world’s good.”
― A. C. Grayling

“Every human catastrophe, however, is archaeology's gain.”
― Robert Garland , The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World

“Reality brands each of us with its indelible mark. Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”
― Cixin Liu, Cixin Liu Three Body Problem 4 Books Collection Set