“How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this is what Einstein meant when he looked me in the eye that day and said, I would be… — 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 would have looked at all this and said yes. But now he does not know what it means for a life to succeed or fail. How can a dog fail its life, or a tree? A… — Rana Dasgupta Copy Share
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
