Shaikh Wasif

“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control; but the happiness of the wise grows out of their own free acts.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Ransie was a narrow six feet of sallow brown skin and yellow hair. The imperturbability of the mountains hung upon him like a suit of armor. The woman was calicoed, angled, snuff-brushed, and weary with unknown desires. Through it all gleamed a faint protest of cheated youth unconscious of its loss.”
― O. Henry, The Pocket Book of O. Henry Stories