Alankrita Goswami

“गुड़ घर के अंदर मटकों में बंद रखा हो, तो कितना ही मूसलाधार पानी बरसे, कोई हानि नहीं होती; पर जिस वक़्त वह धूप में सूखने के लिए बाहर फैलाया गया हो, उस वक़्त तो पानी का एक छींटा भी उसका सर्वनाश कर देगा। सिलिया”
― Munshi Premchand, गोदान [Godan]

“बहुत बोलने से चुप कितना कुछ कहता है! हम एक जगह चुनते हैं, जहाँ बैठे रहने का सुख”
― Manav Kaul, Tumhare Baare Mein

“In particular, we won’t be able to judge anyone by their possessions, nor will anyone be able to judge us. No one will comment on our clothes anymore or notice if we stop washing our cars.15 It will render all our purchases completely inconspicuous. And, for what it’s worth, we’ll be completely aware of these changes; we will fully understand the effect the alien had on our species. Let’s call this Obliviation. (Not to be confused with the Harry Potter spell of the same name, which causes memory erasure.) Here’s the big question: How does Obliviation change our behavior as consumers?”
― Kevin Simler, The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

“Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you wind, be soft as silk, My true love is speaking. Hold you birds, your silver throats, His golden voice I’m seeking. Come you death, in haste, do come, My shroud of black be weaving, Quiet my heart, be deathly quiet, My true love is leaving.”
― Maya Angelou, The Complete Poetry