In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?

I don't think anyone should be banned. If you don't like a book, set it aside.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.