"Looking from the window at the fantastic light and colour of my glittering fairy-world of fact that holds no tenderness, no quietude, I long suddenly for peace, for understanding."

-- Daphne du Maurier

#Light Quotes #Long Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume.”
“If you have someone on the set for the hair, why would you not have someone for the words?”
“The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the limitation of port facilities made it impossible to get sufficient supplies to the armies when they approached the German border.”
“Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly.”
“In a way I'm lucky because when people suggest I won't be able to do something I have no choice but to show them they are wrong. If I say I'm doing it, I'm doing it. No matter how hard it is.”
“Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature.”
“If people are going to be cooking the books, you're in trouble.”
“A man must commit a crime at least once in his life-time. Only then will his virtue be recognized”

Source : Girish Raghunath Karnad (1994). “Three Plays”, Oxford University Press

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