Chetan Bhagat · 296 pages
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“Sometimes life is not about what u want to do but what u ought to do”
“Stupid people go to college but"smart people own them"....”
“In relationship there are always two types of person: one weaker and the other stronger one. It's never easier to live being as weaker one!”
“There are two ways of spreading light to be candle,or the mirror that reflects it.”
“The missed call and call back drama between men and women deserves its own user mannual.”
“losers, even if they do not have a brain,have a heart.”
“How can God give girls so much power ? How can they turn productive,busy and ambitious men into a wilting mass of uselessness. Page 204”
“That's what human relationships are about – selective sharing and hiding of information to the point of crazy confusion.”
“Most people who own colleges in India haven't. Stupid people go to college. Smart people own them,”
“don't be serious , be sincere”
“Sometimes your heart can lead you to a dead end.”
“World is full of nice people,if u cannot find one be one !”
“Imagine all the sadhus and priests of Varanasi. More than all of their devotion put together, that's how much I loved her.”
“complex vortex of tests, classes, selections and preparations is something every insignificant Indian student like me has to go through to have a shot at a decent life. Else, I could always take the job of Birju the watchman or, if I wanted it simpler, hang myself”
“I picked up a brochure in disgust. I took a blade from my shaving kit, cut out the cover pictures of the IIT-selected students, and ripped them to shreds.”
“The selection rate is less than three per cent. Most of us can’t crack these tests, basic probability. But who will drill it into our parents’ heads?”
“Life may not offer you the same chance twice.”
“How can god give girls so much power? How can they turn productive, busy and ambitious men into a wilting mass of uselessness.”
“There are call centres, credit card sales. Be open-minded and things work out.’ ‘Finish engineering and join a call centre?’ ‘Dude, don’t be so shocked. We, like millions of other students, are the losers in the Great Indian Education Race. Be happy with whatever you get.”
“That’s what human relationships are about – selective sharing and hiding of information to the point of crazy confusion.”
“She gave me an understanding nod. But she could never understand that losers, even if they do not have a brain, have a heart.”
“Aarti? She got me into trouble the first day we met,’ Gopal said. I dipped a biscuit in my tea and listened.”
“parents, bread-butter again,’ I grumbled, shutting a blue plastic tiffin in the second row. Raghav and I moved to the next desk. ‘Forget it, Gopal. The class will be back any time,’ Raghav said.”
“Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold: Her skin was as white as leprosy, The Night-Mare LIFE-IN-DEATH was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold.”
“Then it dawned on Kramer. The cops weren’t all that much different from the assistant D.A.s. It was the muck factor. The cops got tired of packing blacks and Latins off to jail all day, too. It was even worse for them, because they had to dive deeper into the muck to do it. The only thing that made it constructive was the idea that they were doing it for somebody—for the decent people. So they opened their eyes, and now they were attuned to all the good people with colored skin…who rose to the top…during all this relentless stirring of the muck… You couldn’t exactly call it enlightenment, thought Kramer, but it was a fucking start.”
“red hair is caused by sugar and lust.”
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
“The news did not trouble her particularly; all news was bad, like wage demands, strikes, or war, and the wise person paid no attention to it. What was important was that it was a bright, sunny day; her first narcissi were in bloom, and the daffodils behind them were already showing flower buds.”
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