“He was like the other half of myself,' says Boris...Ulrich says, 'You haven't lost {him}, you know. I don't know if it helps to say that. I lost a friend once myself, and I know how it goes. 'He'll find… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until people die to grieve for them; you'll give them their grief while they are still alive, for then… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“The amount of good and bad in the world always remains the same. It neither increases nor decreases, it only changes hands.” — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“Our saints have always been theives and murderers. That's the proof of the loftiness of their hearts. (spoken by Ulrich's neighbor)” — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“You won't do this, my son! I won't have you waste your life. Musicians, artists, criminals, opium addicts ... You'll end up poor and… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“In the future, you'll live astride the line separating life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“(Ulrich, 100 year old Bulgarian man): in Solo, by Rana Dasgupta "Ulrich has sometimes wondered whether his life has been a failure. Once he… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis, — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“He was like the other half of myself,' says Boris...Ulrich says, 'You haven't lost {him}, you know. I don't know if it helps to… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this is what… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“Before the man lost his sight, he read this story in a magazine: a group of explorers came upon a community of parrots speaking… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
“You haven't lost Iraki, you know. I don't know if it helps to say that. I lost a friend once myself, and I know… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't wait until people die… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share Image
