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No, love is an ephemeral and illusive concept, it doesn't last; lust lasts.

— Khushwant Singh

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Why not all three? I have worked hard on each (stated with pride and an endearing smile).

I have to teach myself to do nothing. In the last phase of a man's life, according to the Hindu tradition, you're meant to be a forest dweller.

I think humour can be a very lethal weapon.You make somebody a laughing stock and you kill him. But most journalists don't do it. They get angry, which doesn't serve the purpose.

I write what I believe in and don't care a damn about the consequences.

I couldn't give a damn, [he said]. Writing is where I succeeded. I was a flop in everything else.

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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

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