Deepansh Khurana

writer at journal.coffee; champion of the mundane

[deepanshkhurana-writer]

If all my happiness results from a wild stroke of luck, then be that as it may. I do not much care. I am only grateful for it.

Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #535 30th of September, 2022

[perfectfeelings]

“That’s the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.”

— Jonathan Tropper, This is Where I Leave You

[quotespile]

“I loved it, or at least I thought I ought to love it — I’ve never been very clear on that distinction.”

— Ottessa Moshfegh, Homesick for Another World

[valtsv]

sorry for romanticizing the mundane but the fact that laughter is infectious is so incredible to me. like yeah it's just a reaction to stimuli but the way it feels to hear someone laugh and feel yourself compelled to share that joy is really something. and it's so simple and requires no skill but it's so special and important to me.

[deepanshkhurana-writer]

I believe everyone has a war within themselves. It's what we live for; it's what we die for. I don't know where it comes from or why we fight it or if someone manages to win it. I see it everywhere. Show me how someone does all they do, and I'll tell you what they're fighting for within themselves.

Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #267 8th of November, 2021

[perfectfeelings]

“Go and love someone exactly as they are. And then watch how quickly they transform into the greatest, truest version of themselves. When one feels seen and appreciated in their own essence, one is instantly empowered.”

— Wes Angelozzi

[quotespile]

“The arts and criminality have always flourished side by side.”

— J. G. Ballard, Cocaine Nights

[quotespile]

“He amused himself by thinking about a time with two speeds, one very slow, in which the movement of people and objects was almost imperceptible, and the other very fast, in which everything, even inert objects, glittered with speed. The first was called Paradise, the second Hell, and Archimboldi’s only wish was never to inhabit either.”

— Roberto Bolaño, 2666

[deepanshkhurana-writer]

Before I lose this train of thought and get dragged down by the ins and outs of the general life, be bogged down with the things I had to do that remain undone, I have to write this down: in this moment, I am nothing but happy.

Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #883 7th of February, 2024

[quotespile]

“We must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory.”

— Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

[perfectfeelings]

“Always be a little unexpected.”

— Oscar Wilde

[kosmogrl]

the day is gonna end anyway and your warm bed will be waiting so you might as well do the hard things and not let them ruin your day

[kosmogrl]

this is unironically how I push myself to do everything I dread

[deepanshkhurana-writer]

Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #1028 26th of March, 2026

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Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #856 8th of January, 2024

[deepanshkhurana-writer]

In little instances of mild discomfort, I am comfortable. Only in the middle of my chores do I feel truly alive. I believe there is something to say about the normalcy of my life.

Deepansh Khurana, bookmark #967

23rd of January, 2025

[quotespile]

“How foolish to think you can tell your children about yourself before they’re at least fifty. To ask to be seen by them as a person and not as a function. To say: I am your history, you begin from me, listen to me, it could be useful to you.”

— Elena Ferrante, The Lost Daughter

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