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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.

Vikram Seth

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.
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Book Help Himself Object Place Proper Seek True
I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens – not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens – should talk about things that matter to them.
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Citizenship Important Myself Talk Thinking Writing
I think it’s possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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Business Inspirational Myself Possible Talent Thinking Tree
Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.
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Book Goodness Ignorance Praise
For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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Discipline Obsession Substitute Writing
I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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Myself Reason Religious Subject Tolerance
All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above– Know that you aren’t alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.
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Hands Love Night Oneself Right Sleep Tears Yourself
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
It’s not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.
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Evil Fear God Heart Need Start
Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Greatness Mesmerize Need
Don’t put things off till it’s too late. You are the DJ of your fate.
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Fate Late Time Yourself
I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I’m not. I’m just obsessed with my work.
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Myself Obesession Reputation Work
In a painting, you can’t make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist’s stroke.
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Artist Paint Progress See Yourself
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally – your ears will know.
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Learning Natural Poetry Way Yourself
I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Lazy Myself Natural Need Obsession Order

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.

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