#or

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

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

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly. ↗

— Anita Desai

#i #own #rigidly #story #structure

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

— Buddha

#brings #hollow #one word #peace #than

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

But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see. ↗

— David Blaine

#ones #say #see #sharks #they say

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