It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left-handed in old age.

R. K Narayan is delightfully conscious of the disappearance of the caste system.

So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution.

The Sufi is hanging on to Muhammad, like Abu Bakr.

Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause it's a new day.

I'm sick of Soup of the Day, it's time we made a decision. I wanna know what the fuck 'Soup From Now On' is.

Bây giờ rõ mặt đôi ta,
Biết đâu rồi nữa chẳng là chiêm bao?

?they cannot exist unless they can live in the village insuch a way that the changes that they bring about are necessary … in determining who they are

Today, the growers are like a punch-drunk old boxer who doesn't know he's past his prime. The times are changing. The political and social environment has changed. The chickens are coming home to roost — and the time to account for past sins is approaching.

Rosalie Chang - Hubert Wong

I think it's because I don't know how the beginning of the year is going to go for me.

The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs.

We want to come out of the vicious circle of unhealthy politics.

[http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/fukuzawe.pdf Article about Fukuzawa Yukichi from UNESCO publication]

Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. ... But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He changed the world's cinema; he freshened it and humanised it in contrast with Hollywood's rough version.

All our young lives we search for someone to love. Someone who makes us complete. We choose partners and change partners. We dance to a song of heartbreak and hope. All the while wondering if somewhere, somehow, there's someone perfect who might be searching for us.