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![பொன்னியின் செல்வன் [Ponniyin Selvan (Tamil)] by கல்கி](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1481008602l/33275501._SY75_.jpg "பொன்னியின் செல்வன் [Ponniyin Selvan (Tamil)] by கல்கி")
“There was a tale he had read once, long ago, as a small boy: the story of a traveler who had slipped down a cliff, with man-eating tigers above him and a lethal fall below him, who managed to stop his fall halfway down the side of the cliff, holding on for dear life. There was a clump of strawberries beside him, and certain death above him and below. What should he do? went the question.
And the reply was, Eat the strawberries.
The story had never made sense to him as a boy. It did now.”
― American Gods
And the reply was, Eat the strawberries.
The story had never made sense to him as a boy. It did now.”
― American Gods
“...if one keeps seeking revenge, there will be no end to violence. To avenge the Chalukya Emperor’s invasion, the Kanchi Chakravarthy will invade Vatapi. The scions of the Chalukya dynasty will invade Kanchi again to seek revenge. Just like a tree growing from a seed and seed-bearing fruit growing on that tree, the cycle of evil in this world will be never-ending. Someone must forget and forgive for the sake of this world’s well-being.”
― Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 4: Shattered Dream
― Sivakamiyin Sabadham, Volume 4: Shattered Dream
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
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“Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. There is no mystery about why this should be so. Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of your food, your closet full of your clothes -- with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating.”
― Travels
― Travels
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