"You become writer by writing . It is a yoga ."

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“We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts.”

“I have no idea of the extent of this zoo. I know only my corner and whatever passes before me.”

“The unbeaten brat will remain unlearned.”

“Life is about making right things and going on .”

“Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of his well.”

“Past is gone , present is going and tomorrow is day after tomorrow's yesterday . So why worry about anything ? God is in all this .”

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