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The Present Minds

Visual Quotes

A cinematic collection for the overstimulated mind.

Lines lifted from the archive and given room, atmosphere, and visual weight - made to slow the scroll and stay in memory.

106 quotes 9 pages Curated archive
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A man can become anything if he is running from something big enough.
From An Astrologers Day by RK Narayan: The con man who told the truth Read article
Psychology
She could not take the money. Taking it would have meant she agreed that this was how it ended.
From Tagore's The Postmaster: a story about being left behind Read article
Psychology
He felt like a fish dropped into a field. The water was somewhere else.
From Tagore's The Postmaster: a story about being left behind Read article
Identity
She took his family into her heart as if they had always been her own. She had no one else to put there.
From Tagore's The Postmaster: a story about being left behind Read article
Psychology
When the future you were promised becomes implausible in the country you grew up in, the map opens up.
From Why does everyone suddenly want to move abroad? Read article
Editorial
Nostalgia is not a memory. It is a highlight reel your brain produced in your absence.
From Why the 90s Feel More Real Than Yesterday Read article
Psychology
The dice do not lie. They only reveal what was always true about the one who throws them.
From What is dharma? what the mahabharata knew about losing everything Read article
Purusharth
A man who has never lost anything does not yet know who he is. He knows only what he has.
From What is dharma? what the mahabharata knew about losing everything Read article
Purusharth
When a man has lost his kingdom, he discovers what he was king of all along.
From What is dharma? what the mahabharata knew about losing everything Read article
Purusharth
Liberation is not the end of the story. It is the moment you stop needing the story to end differently.
From What is dharma? what the mahabharata knew about losing everything Read article
Purusharth