#be

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country. ↗

— Anita Desai

#country #curious #history #how #india

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book. ↗

— Anita Desai

#actually #because #becomes #book #disappointment

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. ↗

— Anita Desai

#characters #connection #emerges #i #plot

Many characters in the novel are representative of types that exist in India. He represents the caste system in India with an air of superiority, the caste system in India and the people thinking that western things are better. ↗

— Anita Desai

#better #caste #characters #exist #india

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. ↗

— Buddha

#brings #hollow #one word #peace #than

Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#away #beautiful #beautiful things #because #blah

My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing. ↗

— David Blaine

#back #drawing #dumbest #encouraged #even

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse. ↗

— David Blaine

#amazing #as far as #believe #best #expect

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. ↗

— David Blaine

#capable #infinitely #more #than

Shrek is not like anything anybody has ever seen before. ↗

— Jeffrey Katzenberg

#anything #before #ever #like #seen