"After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life."

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Source : Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.758, Vintage

Rohinton Mistry

#Choices Quotes #Add Quotes #Events Quotes

“Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what's good or bad for you.”
“Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.”
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
“Thanks to the oval I have discovered the meaning of the horizontal and the vertical.”
“One thing I definitely experienced up here (New York), that maybe I have to sort of cop to feeling defensive about, is since the election, people in my cohort, who are sensitive to portrayals of people in the movie as classist, have had no problem coming up with those sorts of [middle-American] stereotypes about a phantom real person they can blame for re-electing George Bush.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for.Â Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satanâ€™s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adamâ€™s lapse was passion.”
“Don't accuse me of being morbid when I'm merely the product of a culture that buries the bones of the ones they love in pretty, manicured flower gardens so they can keep them nearby and go talk to them whenever they feel troubled or depressed. That's morbid. Not to mention bizarre. Dogs bury bones, too.”
“Doing photo booths and signings, and doing all of that for charity, and having dance parties every night, is so much fun. I like to dance, and I know other people that like to dance. It's a great way to celebrate the time that we're all down there together.”

Source : "Zachary Levi Talks Heroes Reborn, the Tangled Tv Series, the Nerd Machine, Comic-con & More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 3, 2015.

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