“In fact, my main conclusion after spending ten years of my life working on the TEX project is that software is hard. It’s harder than anything else I’ve ever had to do.”

“Sweetie, if I’ve learned anything during my ten years at sea, it’s this. Never confuse your captain with God.”

“We’re all works in progress, honey. And believe me when I tell you that I’ve had to work harder than most.”

“I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.”

“Ever, if I’ve learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it’s that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.”

“I've never worked so hard for anything in my life as I have for you.”

“He kissed me hard and I kissed him back harder, like it was the end of an era that had lasted all of my life.”

“But the boy who left the hall was not the boy who had gone in some ten minutes before. After my college days, my political work, and after my years of stay at Uttarkashi at the feet of my master, Tapovanam I knew that what I gained on the Ganges banks was that which had been given to me years before by the saint of Tiruvannamalai on that hot summer day – by a mere look”

“Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.”

“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”