“Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.”

“Pain moves us forward, changing us into something else, something we need to be.”

“Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.”

“The only words free of suspicious motives will be the ones I find in books.”

“We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.”

“Even prisoners can escape if they have books.”

“You havent realized it yet but your life is precious. I always say that people should not do something that has no purpose. Is there a purpose behind your actions? Of course there is a purpose behi...”

“SUMMERthe cattails swayand the bamboodances gently intothe brightness ofa happy day.”

“You haven’t realized it yet but your life is precious. I always say that people should not do something that has no purpose. Is there a purpose behind your actions? Of course there is a purpose beh...”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”

“...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.”

“Never, never, never give in!”

“You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have...”

“Listen, Stephen King used to write in the washroom of his trailer after his kids went to sleep. Harlan Ellison wrote in the stall of a bathroom of his barracks during boot camp. Elmore Leonard got ...”

“Sacred soul has indomitable strength.”