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सच तो यह है कि “यन्न भारते तन्न भारते” की कहावत अब भी बिलकुल खोखली नहीं हुई है। जब से मैंने महाभारत में भीष्म द्वारा कथित राजतंत्रहीन समाज एवं ध्वंसीकरण की नीति (स्कार्च्ड अर्थ पालिसी) का वर्णन पढ़ा है, तब से मेरी यह आस्था और भी बलवती हो
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“He knew I'd seen everything in that alley, that I'd stood there and done nothing. He knew that I'd betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time. ”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
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“All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey

“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
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