I am certainly not allergic to causes – particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
VIKRAM SETHQuietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
More Vikram Seth Quotes
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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don’t like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can’t write.
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Of course, the greater one’s need, the greater one’s propensity to be mesmerized.
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Man without life companion is either god or beast.
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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.
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Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored.
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Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
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I often feel newspapers are just filling up space. Of course, I also know people who write really long books.
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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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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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God save us from people who mean well.
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I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.
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Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader’s experience. If it’s a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it’s a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.
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What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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