Ankit Garg

“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Embarrassed, Teo slid down in his seat and scrubbed his hands over his face. “I’m glaring at him with disdain, I’m not ogling!” he said, much quieter this time, but he knew he wasn’t convincing anyone after that display.
Niya laughed. Xio at least had the decency to try to cover his chuckle with a cough. Teo groaned, but when he looked up at Aurelio again, he coud’ve sworn he saw Aurelio glance away, the corners of his lips twitching up.”
― Aiden Thomas, The Sunbearer Trials

“[T]here is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood, of home.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“A friend asked, "Why do you read?"
"Because I am lonely without words..."
He stared at me,
"Even after people are around.”
― Varnika Thukral