
“It is a misfortune to be in the presence of a writer, even a failed writer, to be seen by him, be his passing study and remain in his corrupt memory. It is like the insult of a corpse on the road by a war photographer.”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“The Boy will not be a failure. Mythili knows.She has seen the generations before.The boy will make it.As his father has said,he does not have the option of failure.He will crack atleast one entrance exam,and he will one day have a nice house in a suburb of San Francisco,or in a suburb of a suburb of San Francisco.He will find a cute Tamil Brahmin wife and make her produce two sweet children.He will drive a Toyota Corolla to work.And there,in the conference room of his office,he will tell his small team,with his hands stretched wide in a managerial way,'We must think out of the box”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Each great work has to pass through three
stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those
who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Have you got the will to surmount mountain-high
obstructions? If the whole world stands against you—sword
in hand—would you still dare to do what you think is
right?”
―
stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those
who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Have you got the will to surmount mountain-high
obstructions? If the whole world stands against you—sword
in hand—would you still dare to do what you think is
right?”
―
“In this world, it is very hard to escape happiness.” – Unni Chacko”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Fight, Thoma, put fight.”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
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