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It’s not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

Vikram Seth

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.
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Hard Time Heart Broken Life Love Yourself
I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
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Future Material Nostalgia Time World
Those books of mine that are remunerative – I’m not talking about poetry here – take years to write, and I am never sure they’ll be successful. So writing is a risk in more senses than one.
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Book Oneself Poetry Risk Success Talk Writing
I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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Action Myself Thinking Worth
In life’s brief game to be a winner A man must have; oh yes, above All else, of course, someone to love.
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Game Life Love Man Winner
Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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God Life Man Partner
I tend to follow a scattershot approach to reading a lot of very diverse subjects interest me, and I’m quite happy to read stuff on any of them.
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Happiness Interest Myself Quite Subject
I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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Book Interest Myself Reading
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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Myself Nation Temptation
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
God save us from people who mean well.
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God People Protection
The past is the past, and he can’t make amends, only hope that the gain will outlast the damage.
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Change Damage Hope Past
What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.
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Difference Let Go Life Love Myself Relationship
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people’s lives, the lives of people you don’t know, and you want to know what’s going to happen to them.
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Fiction Gossip Live People Yourself
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
I just love music – by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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Eligible Imagination Love Music Myself Professional

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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