"Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris in every sip."

-- Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib

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“Of lunacy, Innumerous were the causes; humbled pride, Ambition disappointed, riches lost, And bodily disease, and sorrow, oft By man inflicted on his brother man; Sorrow, that, made the reason drunk, and yet Left much untasted. So the cup was fill'd.”

Source : Robert Pollok, James Robert Boyd (1860). “Pollok's Course of Time”, p.304
“I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.”
“So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.”
“Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.”
“Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.218, Simon and Schuster
“With Neptune City, I could have been singing about anybody's life that grew up where I did. The town I live in it isn't that magical, but when you're growing up, you think that everything is so important.”
“When I'm out the country, ***** call me Neeki. Hi, how are you? Yes, it's nice to meet me.”
“Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit.”

Source : "Zen to Go" by Jon Winokur, (p. 126), 1989.

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