“Nowadays, people don’t fall in love. They swipe left and right…”
― The Girl in Room 105
― The Girl in Room 105
“I say we have Del and Faz ask around, find out if any cats have gone missing in the kid’s neighborhood or if he trolls the Internet”
― The Trapped Girl
― The Trapped Girl
“In statecraft, as in medicine, words are sometimes the most powerful drugs we can use. The power of propaganda should never be discounted,”
― Chanakya's Chant
― Chanakya's Chant
“Modern scientists now believe that there are seven broad forms of energy—mechanical, heat, chemical, radiant, electrical, sound, and nuclear. It is my reasoned guess that the ancient yogis knew this. They also knew that each of these could be broken into seven constituent elements! It’s impossible to understand how they knew this, but they did. Even their most important and exalted river—the Sarasvati—was part of the Saptasindhu, the seven rivers. Vedic knowledge was derived from the Saptarishi—the seven sages. Even Dwarka was the embodiment of Saptadweep—the seven islands.”
― The Krishna Key
― The Krishna Key
“The Ottomans sincerely greeted us and gave us accommodation. We were free to practice our religion and to speak our own language. We were even protected from those who wanted to banish us yet again to foreign lands. Our honor and dignity were restored.” Beyazid”
― Last Train to Istanbul
― Last Train to Istanbul
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