...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.
Rohinton MistryI think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and now. And there is not much percentage in the future.
Rohinton MistryEveryone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, loss and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Only the details are different.
Rohinton MistryHahnji, mister, you must be patient. Before you can name that corner, our future must become past.
Rohinton MistryLoss is essential, loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. Mind you, I'm not complaining. Thanks to some inexplicable universal guiding force, it is always the worthless things we lose - slough off, like a moulting snake. Losing and losing again, is the very basis of the process, til all we are left with is the bare essence of human existence.
Rohinton Mistry