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It was cold – close to freezing – and perfectly still. It was just the way it should be. The river had gone to sleep.
“A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.”
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Beautiful Ruins
“That’s only three.”
Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.”
― Beautiful Ruins
“While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us.”
― The Tender Bar: A Memoir
― The Tender Bar: A Memoir
“What I think is this: You should give up looking for lost cats and start searching for the other half of your shadow.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.”
― Of Mice and Men
― Of Mice and Men
“In the joy of others, lies our own.”
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The Chennai Book Club
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Vasav’s 2025 Year in Books
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