Abookworm

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When you have a sense of low self-esteem, and when you achieve success, there’s relief more than arrogance.

Karan Johar, An Unsuitable Boy

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Ati sarvatra varjayet. Excess should be avoided; excess of anything is bad.

Amish Tripathi, The Oath of the Vayuputras

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There's your truth and then there is my truth. As for the universal truth; it does not exist

Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas

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Truth doesn't have to be liked. It only has to be spoken. Speak it out. The truth may hurt you, but it will set you free.

Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas

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The opposite of love is not hate. Hate is just love gone bad. The actual opposite of love is apathy. When you don't care a damn as to what happens to the other person.

Amish Tripathi, The Secret of the Nagas

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Do you know what is the most powerful force in a man’s life?" ‘It is his intense desire to impress the person he loves the most,’ expounded Daksha.

Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

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And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.

Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

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The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

Amish Tripathi, The Immortals of Meluha

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“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.

John Green, The Fault in Our Stars