...

Try not to become a man of success, but rather
try to become a man of value.

-Albert Einstein

one of them?

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

- Bertrand Russell

Blaze ...

Blaze like the fire that never extinguishes"

-Manav Kataria, to Disha before she joined her college

those moments...

There was a moment
back in that fit-to-be-expunged past
when I thought she wanted me.

The excellence of that moment is not dimmed
by the discovery of my mistake.
I thank her for it.

Beginnings are always better than endings;
Then everything was possible,
Now nothing is ... "

From 'Grimus' by Salman Rushdie

...

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

- Rita Mae Brown