Aishwarya

“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
― Warsan Shire

“You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“My Mother - Amma

Her touch was my solace,
Her smile did encourage,

Her love was my strength,
Her stare, I fully decant,

Her care was my power,
Her joy was my shower,

Her anger corrected my path,
Her laughter filled my heart,

Her silence made me ponder,
Her glare was my reminder,

Her scorn corrected my track,
Her embrace I never did lack.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those monsters created by the heart, those illusions produced by the mind, those vain specters that are our errors and our lies always appear before us to seduce us; they attack us even in our fasting or our mortifications, in other words, in our very strength.”
― Montesquieu, Persian Letters