Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?
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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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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What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I’m not interested in being obscure.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I’m not. I’m just obsessed with my work.
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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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For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.
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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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You will get what you want but you must want it and not just wish it.
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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.
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I think if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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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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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I’ve remained an Indian.
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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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