“The telephone becomes an instrument of torture in the demonic hands of a beloved who doesn't call.”
― On Love
― On Love
“Men do things. We can't help it. That's all there is to it. As you will discover in time, the primary choice every man has to make is whether he wants to be himself or if he wants peace.”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Scientists want to search for alien signals because that's what gets them publicity. They are like Jesus Christ."
"Jesus Christ?" Nambodri asked, with a faintly derogatory chuckle.
"Yes. They are exactly like Jesus Christ. You know that he turned water into wine."
"I've heard that story."
"From the point of view of pure chemistry, it is more miraculous to make wine into water than water into wine. But he did not do that. Because if he had gone to someone's house and converted their wine into water, they would have crucified him much earlier. He knew, Jana. He knew making water into wine was a more popular thing to do.”
― Serious Men
"Jesus Christ?" Nambodri asked, with a faintly derogatory chuckle.
"Yes. They are exactly like Jesus Christ. You know that he turned water into wine."
"I've heard that story."
"From the point of view of pure chemistry, it is more miraculous to make wine into water than water into wine. But he did not do that. Because if he had gone to someone's house and converted their wine into water, they would have crucified him much earlier. He knew, Jana. He knew making water into wine was a more popular thing to do.”
― Serious Men
“But then the fate of shy people is that all of their fears usually come true.”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
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