Let it be history. Don’t make it your destiny.
Adi, on ‘historic disputes/issues’
Category: quote
Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa…
Khuda ke waaste parda na kaabe se uthaa zaalim
Kaheen aisa na ho yahan bhi wahi kaafir sanam nikle
Mirza Ghalib
So critical to relationships, so hard to…
So critical to relationships, so hard to create, so easy to lose. Yet, we play around.
Adi
Be wary if they put you on a pedestal, i…
Be wary if they put you on a pedestal, it only brings your neck closer to the noose.
Adi
‘Oh, come on, at your age the glass is …
‘Oh, come on, at your age the glass is half full.’
‘No, it’s at your stage that the glass is half full. At my age we don’t want half a glass, full or empty. In fact we don’t want a glass, end of. We want a tankard and we want it overflowing. We are the have-everything generation, remember.’
‘No, we’re the have-everything generation.’
‘Well we’re the pissed generation then.’
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
‘I suspect you’re thinking of Pascal,…
‘I suspect you’re thinking of Pascal,’ Finkler said, finally. ‘Only he said the opposite. He said you might as well wager on God because that way, even if He doesn’t exist, you’ve nothing to lose. Whereas if you wager against God and He does exist…’
‘You’re in the shit.’
‘I wish I’d said that.’
‘You will, Finkler.’
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
‘I’ll order in Chinese’
‘Come over, I’ll order in Chinese’
‘You speak Chinese now?’
‘Funny Guy, Libor. Be here at eight.’
‘You sure you’re up for it?’
‘I’m a philosopher, I’m not sure about anything. But come….’
—The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
Just when you think you’ve overcome the…
Just when you think you’ve overcome the grief, you realise you are left with the loneliness.
Libor Sevcik in The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson