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1 " There are things in life that science will never be able to see. We have to rely on what has been passed from our ancestors, generation to generation. "
― Pawan Mishra , Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
2 " Availability of knowledge is only next to prevalence of stupidity in its overwhelming abundance. "
― Pawan Mishra
3 " Knowledge that can make miracles happen needs to be guarded carefully. If it falls into the wrong hands, miracles become disasters in no time. "
4 " ...he had also acquired a peculiar academic quirk. During exams, he knew all the answers but wasn’t able to successfully map his answers to the right questions. So as soon as an exam started, he simply started putting his answers in the order in which he remembered them. Every time he moved to a new class, his parents made the new teachers aware of this snag. The teachers acknowledged it and reassured the parents that they’d match his answers against the appropriate questions. "
5 " It was a time when a degree was expected but not much respected. "
6 " A man wants too many things before marriage, but only peace after it. "
7 " Such delicacies are relationships. "
8 " No great soul, as they say, lives for very long. Because God desperately wants all the great people near him. "
9 " When the soul heals, the issues of the body disappear like they never happened. "
10 " A meeting is a collective tacit confession of participants’ unwillingness to work. "
11 " All the progress in science can’t be used to build a smell receptor as capable as the one that a true leader possesses—to smell trouble or just something fishy. "
12 " Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment. "
― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing
13 " Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet. "
14 " Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning. "
15 " Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature. "
16 " Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time. "
17 " If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart. "
18 " Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own. "
19 " If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story. "
20 " You need to be my wife to win with me. "
