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“It is like a man standing for decades on the seashore, embracing certain ‘good’ waves and trying to prevent them from disintegrating, while simultaneously pushing back ‘bad’ waves to prevent them from getting near him. Day in, day out, the man stands on the beach, driving himself crazy with this fruitless exercise. Eventually, he sits down on the sand and just allows the waves to come and go as they please. How”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

“cow and stroke it over my face. Likewise, I held both her rosy palms and gently stroking them over my cheeks I said to her, “Now now, don’t be so silly! Am I even worthy of forgiving you?”
― Shivaji Sawant, Srikrishna: The Lord Of The Universe

“The evidence presents a profound challenge to the idea that humans have consistent preferences and know how to maximize them, a cornerstone of the rational-agent model. An inconsistency is built into the design of our minds.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“An apprehension? What was it?” I asked shaking her hands fiercely. “Come now, sit.” She made me sit next to her and said, “I had lost consciousness due to agonizing contractions on the night you were born. A thunderous, destructive storm had hit that night. Many giant, ancient trees of Gokul collapsed”
― Shivaji Sawant, Srikrishna: The Lord Of The Universe