“Dying is not a solution.. I want to live with You..!”
― Hari Kumar K, quote from When Strangers meet..
“If Allah has willed it that way... He must have better plans for you child...”
― Hari Kumar K, quote from When Strangers meet..
“Ansar is an Arabic term that means helpers or supporters. They were the citizens of Medina who helped Prophet Mohammed upon His arrival to the Holy city. While 'Hussain' is a derivation of 'Hassan' that means 'GOOD' (I also owe this one to Khaled Hosseini).
That's how my favorite character in my debut novel 'When Strangers meet..' gets his name... HUSSAIN ANSARI, because he is the one who helps Jai realize the truth in the story and inspires his son, Arshad, to have FAITH in Allah.”
― Hari Kumar K, quote from When Strangers meet..
“Do you know which is the greatest epic till date?”
― Hari Kumar K, quote from When Strangers meet..
“I can very well understand your frustration, but you must stick to your dreams. Try Harder!”
― Hari Kumar K, quote from When Strangers meet..
“إن الإنسان لا يصير منشقا لمجرد أنه قرر يوما ما أن ينتمى إلى هذه هذه الطبقة المرموقة، لكنه يصير كذلك لأن شعوره الداخلى بالمسئولية مع مجموعات العناصر الخارجية وضعته فى هذه المكانة، فهو يطرد من الهياكل الموجودة، ويوضع فى مواجهات معها . فى البدايه لم يكن الهدف سوى أن يقوم بعمل جيد لا أكثر ولا أقل، وينتهى به الحال فى معسكر الأعداء.
إذن العمل الجيد هو نقد حقيقى للسياسة السيئة. أحيانا ما يكون موفقا، وأحيانا أخرى لا يوفق فى ذلك. لكن الناجحون فيها يتناقص عددهم ليس لعيب فيها.”
― Václav Havel, quote from The Power of the Powerless
“An action from a confused and suffering being in the past doesn't represent what that being is forever; it is only an expression of that being's suffering. And if we cling to resentment over past hurts, we simply increase our own suffering.”
― Noah Levine, quote from Against the Stream: A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries
“So even as the meritocracy produces failing, distrusted institutions, massive inequality, and an increasingly detached elite, it also produces a set of very powerful and influential leaders who hold it in high regard.”
― Christopher L. Hayes, quote from Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
“For the next few weeks, we are going to perform scenes from the plays we read, starting with the age-old classic Romeo and Juliet.”
― Kaitlyn Davis, quote from Ignite
“Best listened to in a windowless room, better than best in an airless room—correctly speaking, a bunker sealed forever and enwrapped in tree-roots—the Eighth String Quartet of Shostakovich (Opus 110) is the living corpse of music, perfect in its horror. Call it the simultaneous asphyxiation and bleeding of melody. The soul strips itself of life in a dusty room.”
― William T. Vollmann, quote from Europe Central
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