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But once the initial frenzy of taking the Pledge wore off, I realized the whole Phri lifestyle smelled like social engineering. I just didn’t want to be told what to do, nudged into a corner, then walled up in it. And the thing about me is,
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“No, my son; Christ did not teach us foolish people to act in such a way. If any one should say an unkind word to you it is better not to answer at all; but if you do reply do it kindly, and his conscience will accuse him, and he will regret his unkindness to you.”
― The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
― The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy
“But he wounded me and insulted my heart. I – I do not love him, because I can love only that which is magnanimous, which understands me, which is noble;”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,” was his mildly cadaverous reply.”
― Bartleby; the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
― Bartleby; the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
“Absolutely without stories of any kind! I lived, as they say, on my own, that is, absolutely alone – alone, completely alone – do you understand what it means to be alone?’ ‘But what do you mean by alone? Do you mean you never see anyone?’ ‘Oh, no, of course I see people, but nevertheless I am alone.”
― White Nights
― White Nights
“She believed in God; and the gods. It was the same thing, logic didn’t come into it. You just believed, you did puja to the idols, you asked them for favours and guidance. Occasionally you visited a temple or got hold of a Brahmin to perform certain rituals. You went to a guru and sat at his feet. All that embedded you in a way of being called Hinduism. You”
― A Delhi Obsession: A Novel
― A Delhi Obsession: A Novel
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