Bhargav Varshney
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Bhargav Varshney
Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly… No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.
— Pat Barker
— Pat Barker
9 Life Lessons by Tim Minchin
You don’t have to have a dream. Be micro-ambitious, work with pride on whatever is in front of you. Be careful on long term dreams, if you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out the corner of your eye.
Don’t seek happiness. Keep busy and aim to make someone else happy and you might find you get
“Writing is often the process by which you realize you do not understand what you are talking about.”
We thought we were just having fun times with devices; it turns out we were spreading nuclear waste over the entire surface of the earth. Piling up heaps of radioactive slag inside our homes. Smearing it over our faces at night. And then a generation was born into that poisoned world; we got to watch them take shape, and it became obvious how broke... See more
“You can’t talk butterfly language with caterpillar people.”
Trish Deseine
It all comes back. Perhaps it is difficult to see the value in having one’s self back in that kind of mood, but I do see it; I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m... See more
Joan Didion • On Keeping A Notebook
If you want to create something but feel it has already been done 1000 times, remember: There is always room for quality.