Behind every door on every ordinary street, in every hut in every ordinary village in this middling planet of a trivial star, such riches are to be f…

- Vikram Seth

It's not the gods But our own hearts We need to fear. The evil starts Against all odds Not there but here.

- Vikram Seth

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

- Vikram Seth

But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up for a few minutes. But i…

- Vikram Seth

Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's a sad facet, poe…

- Vikram Seth

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

- Vikram Seth

All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shar…

- Vikram Seth

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

- Vikram Seth

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

- Vikram Seth