শৌণক

“There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to protect the more important ones. It seemed to me that this single, most important position was my love.”
― Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves

“মরে যাওয়া তো ভালোই। মরে গেলেই পাখি হয়ে যাবি। পাখি হলে কত মজা! যা ইচ্ছে তাই করে বেড়াবি। একবার বাঁশঝাড়ে বসবি, একবার আমড়া গাছে বসবি, একবার পেয়ারা গাছে বসবি, যখন যেখানে তোর খুশি...”
― Mahmudul Haque, কালো বরফ

“You see, Klara," I said, "you think that a lie is a lie, and it would seem that you're right. But you aren't. I can invent anything, make a fool of someone, carry out hoaxes and practical jokes- and I don't feel like a liar and I don't have a bad conscience. These lies, if you want to call them that, represent me as I really am. With such lies I'm not simulating anything, with such lies I'm in fact speaking the truth. But there are things I can't lie about. There are things I've penetrated, whose meaning I've grasped, that I love and take seriously. I can't joke about these things. If I did, I'd humiliate myself.”
― Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves

“মানুষ ভীষণ নাজুক। কতটা নাজুক মানুষ তা নিজেই জানে না।”
― Shahaduz Zaman, মামলার সাক্ষী ময়না পাখি