"The technique of winning is so shoddy, the terms of winning are so ignoble, the tenure of winning is so brief; and the specter of the has-been-a shameful rather than a pitiable sight today-brings a sudden chill even to our sunlit moments."

-- Louis Kronenberger

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“When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. Each walk should be taken as if it is the only thing you have left. You can demand something like this of yourself as an unattainable ideal. After that, you have to remind yourself about it every time you're sloppy about something. For me that means 250 times a day.”
“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
“Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible policy.”
“Escape before itâ€™s too late.”
“God is goodness itself, in whom all goodness is involved.Â If therefore we love other things for the goodness which we see in them, why do we not love God, in whom is all goodness?Â All other things are but sparks of that fire, and drops of that sea.Â If you see any good in the creature, remember there is much more in the Creator.Â Leave therefore the streams, and go to the fountainhead of comfort.”
“Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As our thinking about this becomes clearer, so will our boundaries. Boundaries are also connected to a Higher Timing than our own. Weâ€™ll set a limit when weâ€™re ready, and not a moment before. So will others. Thereâ€™s something magical about reaching that point of becoming ready to set a limit. We know we mean what we say; others take us seriously too. Things change, not because weâ€™re controlling others, but because weâ€™ve changed.”
“Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted.”

Source : Aravind Adiga (2011). “Last Man in Tower”, p.97, Atlantic Books Ltd
“It's the most annoying question and they just can't help asking you. You'll be asked it at family gatherings, weddings, and on first dates. And you'll ask yourself far too often. It's the question that has no good answer. It's the question that when people stop asking it, you'll feel even worse. - WHY ARE YOU SINGLE?”

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