I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.

A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

Once you label me you negate me.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Of course he despised the world as a whole

Imagine a sunset, lavender and red / as battered morals . . .

Love is the only rose whose thorn's prick is sweet.

His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed, has ever listened like he does.

Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.

Only creativity can see past problems to find solutions. This holds true for every area of life.

Frankly, I don't see markets; I see risks, rewards, and money.

Most of the sacrifices involved tearing out the heart, offering it to the sun and, with some blood, also to the idols

I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.

The key thing is, don't worry about if anyone is reading you or not. Figure out your voice and figure out what you want to write about, what you're good at, what you like doing.