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Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
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Happiness
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I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.
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In general, questions are fine you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.
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I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
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To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.
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I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.
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