Shivangi Narayan

“In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms."
I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently.
"I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Your problem, Werner,” says Frederick, “is that you still believe you own your life.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Brutha walked along in silence. There was a glimmer of frost on the dunes. “Have you ever heard,” he said, “of Ethics?” “Somewhere in Howondaland, isn’t it?” “The Ephebians were very interested in it.” “Probably thinking about invading.” “They seemed to think about it a lot.” “Long-term strategy, maybe.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods