Shobhaa De Books Quotes & Sayings

There is a time early in life when there seem to be countless reasons for happiness, and then you discover your mom is making them up. — Robert Breault

The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended. — Flemming Rose

Throughout life it is inevitable that we will experience both pain and pleasure. Learning how to handle them leads to harmony and happiness. In meditation, if we are unable to handle pain or boredom, then that pain or boredom becomes our master. Then we spend our entire life trying to avoid being bored or feeling pain. However if we can handle our mind, then we know that we can handle boredom and pain. — Sakyong Mipham

If pigs had wings, they would be pigeons. — W.C. Fields

You promoted me for my ruthless stubbornness and dog-headed determination, not my tech savvy. Plus, I'm a damn good shot. — Katherine McIntyre

I just want your extra time and your ... Kiss — Prince

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. — George Allen, Sr.

Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss

We're all members of one tribe or another - bonded by culture, family, religion, class, education, employment, team affiliation, or any number of other criteria. An essential first step in discerning the cultural from the human is what mythologist Joseph Campbell called detribalization. We have to recognize the various tribes we belong to and begin extricating ourselves from the unexamined assumptions each of them mistakes for the truth. — Christopher Ryan

An idea is an idea. It can be right or wrong. Let me say what I think. Don't seal my lips with your symbolic violence. — Tarif Naaz

I've done three Broadway shows; once the curtain goes up, that's it. I mean, you prepare and you rehearse like crazy, but after opening night, the director's not there anymore, you know. He gives you notes during previews after each performance, but opening night, you're on your own. — Dennis Christopher