Vikas Agarwal

“Religions had learned long ago that a human mind facing the terrifying prospect of eternal nothingness would believe almost anything. Timor mortis est pater religionis, Langdon mused, recalling the ancient saying made famous by Upton Sinclair. Fear of death is the father of religion.”
― Dan Brown, The Secret of Secrets

“If change happened gradually, you could see that you were getting closer and closer to your goal- and you wouldn't be surprised when you reached it. But if nothing happens and then everything happens, you are in the strange position of being discouraged during the long stretch when nothing is happening and stunned at the point when it all shifts.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Revenge of the Tipping Point

“They had to figure out a way to characterize me in some special way because I was with them—and I was not meant to be with them.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

“Love is visible—it paints the air between two people a different color, and everyone can see it.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People