Shivani

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

“For one’s own work, thoughts and observation are not enough, we need the comfort and blessing and guidance of a higher power, and that is something anyone who is at all serious and who longs to lift up his soul to the light is sure to recognize and experience. Pining for God works like leaven on dough.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“It must be good to die in the knowledge that one has done some truthful work and to know that, as a result, one will live on in the memory of at least a few and leave a good example for those who come after. A work that is good may not last for ever, but the thought expressed by it will, and the work itself will surely survive for a very long time, and those who come later can do no better than follow in the footsteps of such predecessors and copy their example.”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“सातवें आसमान पर, चल ना!
चल! सितारों के जाल पर, चल ना! दिल बिना देवता की कासी है
जिस में हर घाट पर उदासी है
कुछ है चटका हुआ सा मुझ में भी
तू भी कितने जनम से प्यासी है
मेरे अश्कों के ताल पर चल ना
सातवें आसमान पर, चल ना! बंदिशों वाले गाँव में पल कर
यूँ रिवायत की आग में जल कर
तू ने अनगिन सितम उठाये हैं
रस्मे दुनिया की राह पर चल कर
छोड़ अब दिल की चाल पर चल ना
सातवें आसमान पर, चल ना!”
― Kumar Vishwas, Phir Meri Yaad