Behave Quote by Vikram Seth

“I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.” quote by Vikram Seth — Download Open image

“I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.”

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It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

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“But what should I do?' Varun was saying. 'I'm not good for anything.' 'Write a book! Pull a rickshaw! Live! Don't make excuses,' said Dr. Ila Chattopadhyay, shaking her grey hair vigorously. 'Renounce the world like Dipankar. No, he's joined a bank, hasn't he? How did you do in your exams anyway?' she added." - Vikram Seth, "A Suitable Boy”

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Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

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“Romantic retrospect aside, the night spent in the truck is distinctly unpleasant. We are cramped and cold. The much-vaunted heating of the truck is ineffectual. The wind prises through the cracks in the sides of the windows, and penetrates us to the bone. My feet are moist in my shoes, yet to take my socks off is to chill my…

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Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?

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“Well, what do you think? Avanti?" "Avanti," cries everyone, and, after a few quick re-tunings of our instruments, and re-initialisings of our hearts, we enter the slow theme-and-variations movement. How good it is to pay this quintet, to play it, not to work at it - to play for our own joy, with no need to convey anything to anyone…

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You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.

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For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put aside while the one thing is done and little thought is needed to do it. ... His hatreds can be expressed without censure, he can let his emotions run free, he can behave as dramatically, as…

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Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.

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This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.

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Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

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