Atul Bhalla

“And we came forth to contemplate the stars.”
― Dante Alighiere

“...boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life--...the lesson of your utter insignificance. It is valuable to you, as well as to those you are to rub shoulders with. 'You are finite,' time tells you in a voice of boredom, 'and whatever you do is, from my point of view, futile.' As music to your ears, this, of course, may not count; yet the sense of futility, of limited significance even of your best, most ardent actions is better than the illusion of their consequence and the attendant self-satisfaction.”
― Joseph Brodsky, On Grief and Reason: Essays

“If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
― Virginia Woolf

“I hope I never get so old I get religious. ”
― Ingmar Bergman, Talking With Ingmar Bergman