Ranendu Das

“There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.”
― Jim Butcher, Cold Days

“Nobody loves me, nobody cares,
Nobody picks me peaches and pears.
Nobody offers me candy and Cokes,
Nobody listens and laughs at me jokes.
Nobody helps when I get into a fight,
Nobody does all my homework at night.
Nobody misses me,
Nobody cries,
Nobody thinks I'm a wonderful guy.
So, if you ask me who's my best friend, in a whiz,
I'll stand up and tell you NOBODY is!
But yesterday night I got quite a scare
I woke up and Nobody just WASN'T there!
I called out and reached for Nobody's hand,
In the darkness where Nobody usually stands,
Then I poked through the house, in each cranny and nook,
But I found SOMEBODY each place that I looked.
I seached till I'm tired, and now with the dawn,
There's no doubt about it-
NOBODY'S GONE!!”
― Shel Silverstein

“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.”
― Aaron Levenstein

“আমাকে সে নিয়েছিলো ডেকে;
বলেছিলো: ‘এ নদীর জল
তোমার চোখের মত ম্লান বেতফল:
সব ক্লান্তি রক্তের থেকে
স্নিগ্ধ রাখছে পটভূমি;
এই নদী তুমি।

‘এর নাম ধানসিঁড়ি বুঝি?’
মাছরাঙাদের বললাম;
গভীর মেয়েটি এসে দিয়েছিলো নাম।
আজো আমি মেয়েটিকে খুঁজি;
জলের অপার সিঁড়ি বেয়ে
কোথায় যে চলে গেছে মেয়ে।”
― Jibanananda Das