“His hatred for all was so intense that it should extinguish the very love from which it was conceived. And thus, he ceased to feel. There was nothing further in which to believe that made the prospect of feeling worthwhile.… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“Never miss an opportunity to be truly and deeply humiliated! The shame will carve you down to an individual of exquisite layering, and in… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“The fundamental basis by which the court’s decision might be made is, in itself, imperfect and subject to contradictions. There is very little consideration… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“In my mind, I could sense their roots under the soil, creeping in helical tangles of ever-increasing complexity outward and in all directions—out beyond… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“These facilities were relatively rustic even for this area of the world. Other inns at least had indoor plumbing and electricity. Most even had… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“Perhaps, there is no such person who can be called truly free, but only those who can be deemed so by comparison.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“The arrow of time obscures memory of both past and future circumstance with innumerable fallacies, the least trivial of which is perception.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“The...act of surrender—or devotion, as the case may be—was, to him, a kind of lifeline for those who sought a quick answer and didn’t… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“It is amazing how dispiriting it can be to enter a learning environment and to be made immediately to suppress your own exploratory inclinations.… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“All events of the past withered to mere skeletons, veined and fleshed of fancy.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“It seemed a ruse that fear of death should be the sole motivation for living and, yet, to quell this fear made the prospect… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“The temporal heart resonates at whispers From a Truth overarching Of whose countenance Timeless Intellect yearns vainly to fathom” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“Was it possible to feel nostalgic about something that had never happened to him, possible for nostalgia to be taken in by the body… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“Naturally there was the notion of private property as a pragmatic concept, for individuals or groups have a proclivity to tend to their own… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
“What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my awareness, chiefly… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share
