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best historical writing requires not only a precise knowledge of the incidents or facts that laborious research has collected, but the capacity to weave the matter so as to form a lasting fabric which discloses character and motive.
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“A price is always exacted for what fate bestows, isnt it ?”
― Lord of the Mysteries
― Lord of the Mysteries
“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
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― The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue
“We are guardians, but also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.”
― Lord of the Mysteries
― Lord of the Mysteries
“If someone was going to hell, Kundavai would stop him and take him to heaven. That's one kind of power. But do you know what Nandini would do? It must be said that her power goes a step further. She would convince him that hell is heaven, and make him jump happily into hell!”
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
“the fish that live in the water are better than human beings who live on land or in the forest. They don't talk viciously. They swim and float in the deep sea and spend their time so happily.”
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
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