“For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior in certain ways -- and you feel more and more anxious until your loved one arrives. But by then, you don't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear makes you embarrassed about showing affection.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed
“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Mohan’s 2025 Year in Books
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