But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.
Rohinton MistryYou have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.
Rohinton MistryWalk, first, through the fire, then philosophize...
Rohinton MistryYou see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance.
Rohinton MistryMots clés despair hope balance
The whole quilt is much more important than any single square.
Rohinton MistryBirth and death - what could be more monstrous than that? We like to deceive ourselves and call it wondrous and beautiful and majestic, but it's freakish, let's face it.
Rohinton MistryFlirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.
Rohinton MistryMots clés insanity madness sanity
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But so far, the invisible line was holding, separating the potential from its realization. Strange, that invisible lines could be so powerful, thought Maneck--strong as brick walls.
Rohinton Mistry...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it the new border; it became a river of blood upon the earth. And the orchards, fields, factories, businesses, all on the wrong side of that line, vanished with a wave of the pale conjuror's wand.
Rohinton Mistrythis was an outstanding family subject in our real life.
Rohinton MistryMots clés real-life
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