
Source: Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
The Gioconda smile
Source: Arch of Triumph: A Novel of a Man Without a Country
Part of the Plan.
Song lyrics, Souvenirs (1974)
Source: Quotes From Judge Judy Cases, Dress, Stand, and/or Speak Properly
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
“To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world.”
Variant: To understand just one life you have to swallow the world... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?
Source: Midnight's Children
“Life is a journey which is far more enjoyable when your holding hands with the ones you love”
Instagram Post, quoted on The Indian Express (February 6, 2016), "Aishwarya, Aaradhya and Bachchan clan holiday in Maldives on Abhishek’s 40th birthday" http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aishwarya-aaradhya-bachchans-holiday-maldives-abhisheks-40th-birthday/
This I Believe (1951)
Context: Perhaps we should warn you that there is one thing you won’t read, and that is a pat answer for the problems of life. We don’t pretend to make this a spiritual or psychological patent-medicine chest where one can come and get a pill of wisdom, to be swallowed like an aspirin, to banish the headaches of our times.