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Man without life companion is either god or beast.

Vikram Seth

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 need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Lazy Myself Natural Need Obsession Order
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
And the process of reading is such a private one. I once came into a room where a friend of mine was reading one of my books, and he clicked his tongue impatiently and shooed me off.
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Friendship Myself Patience Privacy Process Reading Room
In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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Myself Nation Temptation
There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.
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Carry Feeling Goodness Man Writing
The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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Inspirational Mindset Yourself
Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Happiness Kind Person Place Power Think Yourself
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
Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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Love Philosophy Rough
You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Existence Goodness Ideas Talk Yourself
I don’t pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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Choice Myself
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
You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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Inspirational Motivational Yourself
Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.
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Book Goodness Ignorance Praise
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

Man without life companion is either god or beast.

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