"When the world is itself draped in the mantle of night, the mirror of the mind is like the sky in which thoughts twinkle like stars."

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Source : Khushwant Singh (1990). “Delhi”, p.248, Penguin Books India

Khushwant Singh

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“I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker, by three different lights, in his solitude, his afflictions, and his last moments.... [In these situations such people show themselves] in solitude, incapable or rapture or elevation, ... in distress, [with] a halter or a pistol the only refuge [they] can fly to, ... [and liable to conversion] at the approach of death.”
“I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.”
“I started out by myself, but it eventually turned into a trio by the mid-'60s - a conga drum and another guitarist. And that's been mostly what I've worked with most of the time.”
“I'm not on this earth to be a goalie. I'm not here to stop somebody from accomplishing their goals. If you're not hurting anybody, I'm here to either assist or get out of the way”
“The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.”
“When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.”

Source : "Yao Ming: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 10, 2009.
“The Beauty raised her eyes, the only part of her that was truly beautiful.”
“It is, I think, a good deal owing to the preponderance of the commercial element in Society that conversation has sunk to its present dull level of conventional chatter.”

Source : Lady Dorothy Nevill (1907). “The reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill”, Arnold

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