Dyutamandalam Quotes & Sayings

An intelligent person may be wrong sometimes, but a fool is never wrong. The medical profession is never wrong. — Herbert M. Shelton

The scream lasted for about a heartbeat, and then recognition flooded in - and relief.
"Oliver?" Great. She was relieved to see Oliver. The world was officially topsy-turvy, cats
were living with dogs, and life as she knew it was probably over. — Rachel Caine

They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down ... — Terry Pratchett

I think that certain players are going to approach the game differently. I am more of a quiet person. I like to have more of a focused energy and internal energy whereas some people need to be bouncing off the walls to be ready for the game. — Caitlin Lowe

For us the chief point of interest is the place where the game is played. Generatly it is a simple circle, dyutamandalam, drawn on the ground. The circle as such, however, has a magic significance. It is drawn with great care, all sorts of precautions being taken against cheating. The players are not allowed to leave the ring until they have discharged their obligations. But, sometimes a special hall is provisionally erected for the game, and this hall is holy ground. The Mahabharata devotes a whole chapter to the erection of the dicing hall - sabha - where the Pandavas are to meet their prtners. Games, of chance, therefore, have their serious side. They are included in ritual. — Johan Huizinga

'Drive' is a genre piece, and a lot of times we don't get really sophisticated genre films. — Oscar Isaac

A momentary gain in one's own sense of shared despair, shared nullity, shared rapture, shared loneliness, shared broken-hearted glee; — Michael Chabon

For he that is a good man, is three quarters of his way towards the being a good Christian, wheresoever he lives, or whatsoever he is called. — Robert South

I am part of a divine essence. I don't have to become anything. I already am. — Tom Shadyac

After my best friend jumped off the bridge, I knew that I was next. So-Paris. With forty dollars and a one-way ticket. — James A. Baldwin

I don't like the idea that I am going to come back as an ant or a sparrow if I don't get along in the great karma of life. — Stephen King