Anita Nair quotes

“This is the world. Half of it is lit by the sun and the other half remains in darkness. It is the same with life. There is good and bad and it's our duty to remain in the light, be good.”
-- Anita Nair

Source : Anita Nair (2001). “Ladies Coupé: A Novel in Parts”, p.212, Penguin Books India

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“I don't think there is a need of the categorization 'woman writing'. I think in some sense writers lost their gender when they walk into the world of words; I believe that writers ought to be able to slip under the skins of both men and women. Only then will the writing and the characters have credibility and strength.”
-- Anita Nair

Source : "Who is Salman Rushdie?" by Firas Al-Atraqchi, www.mediamonitors.net. November 23, 2001.

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“In India we have a readymade world of fantasy available in Indian mythology. And this is why we see such a surfeit of characters drawn from mythology. I don't think it's because the present day humanity is soulless.”
-- Anita Nair

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“Perhaps because technology so dominates our existence, more and more it seems that the young reader is captivated by fantasy.”
-- Anita Nair

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“My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.”

“Steve Jobs is the most epic entrepreneur of all time. He served as a guiding light for any emerging businessperson who wanted to learn how things should get done. He'll be looked at as one of the best business leaders of all time, and certainly one of the best tech entrepreneurs.”

“Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.”

Source : "Stars Rise at Startup Summer Camp" by Ryan Singel, www.wired.com. September 13, 2005.

“With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.”

“Perils as well as privileges attend the higher Christian life. The nearer we come to God, the thicker the hosts of darkness in heavenly places. Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.”

“Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.”

“We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”

Source : Albert Pike “Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry”, Lulu.com

“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”

Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “A Reading Diary”, p.66, Vintage Canada

“All too often people concentrate on finding the right spouse, little realizing that half of any marriage is being the right spouse.”

“I really do see it as the start of the second half of my career.”