Desh Bhakti Ke Quotes

#1. It's so easy to focus on the anguish and the misery; it's harder, somehow, to acknowledge the positive, maybe for fear of jinxing it, bringing the nightmare back down on our heads.

Harriet Brown

#2. A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

Niccolo Machiavelli

#3. If you don't shut up, how can I answer your questions!

Lucero Isaac

#4. Why must a girl pay so dearly for her least escape," Lily muses as she contemplates the prospect of being bored all afternoon by Percy Grice, dull but undeniably rich, "on the bare chance that he might ultimately do her the honor of boring her for life?

Edith Wharton

#5. Life has taught Alice Bhatti that every little step forward in life is preceded by a ritual humiliation. Every little happiness asks for a down payment. Too many humiliations and a journey that goes in circles means that her face is permanently in the red. She accepts that role. 'I'll do my best'.

Mohammed Hanif

#6. The debate analysis in the media is rampant with contest analogies of war, baseball, boxing, football; you name it. Any testosterone contest imaginable is fair game.

Jonathan Raymond

#7. These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'

Andrew Motion

#8. There was something in him, lighter than ego but darker than insecurity, that needed constant buffing, polishing, waxing.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#9. HENRY JOPLIN'S PRECEPT
Don't be friends with jerks.

R.J. Palacio

#10. Fear of man is always part of a triad that includes unbelief and disobedience.

Edward T. Welch

#11. It's better to be nominated for awards than not to be nominated for them, but of course to some degree such awards [National Book Award] are always subjective.

Charles Baxter

#12. It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar.

Clare O'Dea