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“One can read, talk, and think about poverty, but one can never understand poverty until one has experienced it.”

Poor Poverty Lair Of The Monster

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“Poverty is so time consuming, I don’t want to be poor anymore.”

Poverty Lair Of The Monster Being Poor

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“Even if you win the war, no magic that will happen to take us out of this poverty.”

War Poverty Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“One of the saddest feelings is when you realize that you are leaving a place where no one will miss you, and going to a place where no one is waiting for you.”

Sadness Loneliness Longing Belonging Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“We humans are so self-centred. Even the thoughts after someone’s death are never about them, they are about us. How it makes us feel, how it impacts our lives.”

Death Human Nature Thoughts Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“Some people want the whole world to go hungry so that they can appreciate the value of food in their plate.”

Human Nature Hunger Appreciation Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Schadenfreude Lotm

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“You have an amazing life, you know it, everybody else knows it, and yet you feel that ending your life makes more sense than living it.”

Loneliness Depression Suicide Book Quotes Angst Suicidal Thoughts Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“I will tell you the truth. The truth is, no matter how much you protect yourself, something chaotic can happen, and it will turn your life for the worse. No matter how nice you are, there will be people be who will hate you, will try to harm you. No matter how brave and competent you think you are, there is a limit to how much you can achieve. And last but not least, no matter what you do, death is coming for you.”

Life Lessons Reality Of Life Book Quotes Shon Mehta Bitter Truth Lair Of The Monster

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“Do not assume someone is good, just because they simply never had the opportunity to be a bad person.”

Character Shon Mehta Judging People Lair Of The Monster Trusting Others Lotm

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“Every one has a relative that they are ashamed of.”

Relationships Family Book Quotes Relative Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Bad Relationships

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“If you have no family, you will feel sad sometimes — but if you have the wrong kind of family, you are doomed for life!”

Family Family Relationships Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Bad Parents

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“Your worth does not depend on how good you are at your work. It depends on how important your work is to others, and how irreplacable you are in doing that work.”

Worth Worthiness Career Advice Career Success Lair Of The Monster

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“When someone is drowning, its good to try and help them save their life, but if the drowning person is pulling you down as well, it is time to let them go.”

Letting Go Helping Others Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“There was never a golden age. Golden age for the rich and privileged is always hell for the poor and unprivileged.”

Inequality Golden Age Polarization Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Poor And Rich

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“Failure rarely happens in an instant. It usually happens slowly, bit by bit. It is important to acknowledge and admit failure before things go out of hand, so that one can make amends to contain the damage.”

Failure Failure And Success Letting Go Of The Past Lair Of The Monster

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“A mother's love is like a waterfall — you can see it, hear it from miles away. A father's love is like a hidden cave — you don't even know that it exists unless you look closely.”

Love Father Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Father S Love

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“The presence of the person you hate is far more agonizing than absence of the person you love.”

Toxic People Abusive Relationships Shon Mehta Bad Company Lair Of The Monster Lotm Hateful Thoughts

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“When it happens against us, it is a war crime. When it happens against our enemy, it is collateral damage.”

Book Quotes Author Quotes Shon Mehta Collateral Damage Lair Of The Monster War Propaganda Lotm Warcrimes

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“In the land of tolerant, the intolerant rule.”

Tolerance Civil Rights Intolerance Lair Of The Monster Humanrights

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“If someone tells you that their house is on fire, you don't show them larger fire in other people's houses to cheer them up! If a Person tells you they are unhappy, stop telling them to cheer up because other people's sorrows are greater than theirs.”

Sorrow Depression Unhappy Unhappiness Lair Of The Monster

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“Everybody wants power, the difference is what kind of power they want.”

Power Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Power Hungry

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“The glory of war is for kings and queens, warlords and leaders. For commoners, war is harsh, glum, and menacing.”

War Glory Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster War Propaganda

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“In war stories, nobody gets to play the part they want, and no war story ever has a happy ending.”

War Happy Endings Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“The world is full of judgemental people. Each of us have some weakness, and world notices and judges us on this weakness. Sometimes it is about our craziness, sometimes it is about our bitterness, our brokenness, or something else. So we learn to hide that part of our personality, and present a false personality which world will approve. But, then we feel trapped by our false image, and feel like an imposter. Once in a while, someone comes along, sees our true self, and accepts us with our craziness, bitterness, brokenness without any judgment, and becomes our friend.”

Friendship Friend True Friendship Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“We don't hate criminals, we only hate failed criminals. In fact, we secretly admire criminals who are rich and successful.”

Corruption Hypocrisy Criminal Lair Of The Monster

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“The more we deny the possibility of death, the more it will scare us. Think about death as a certainty, and start seizing every moment as our last.”

Death Introspection Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“Every moment should not be approached with a motive of gaining something out of it. When we enjoy something, we should just stop and relish that moment.”

Moments Living Life To The Fullest Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“When you see a beautiful building you admire its creator, but when you see a ruined building do you admire its destroyer? Legacy comes from what you create, not from what you destroy.”

Creation Legacy Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“The day we start thinking that we are perfect and cannot do anything wrong is the day we move away from reality to delusion.”

Self Improvement Self Awareness Lair Of The Monster

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“Power is the lair that breeds monsters. Often, a new ruler enters the lair imagining himself to be a hero who is there to kill the monster. However, as time passes, he himself becomes the monster that needs to be killed.”

Politics Power Hero Politicians Monster Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster

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“One can never know the thrill of a climb if one is born at the top.”

Inspirational Motivational Achievement Shon Mehta Climb Lair Of The Monster Rags To Riches

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“War is a smell -- a smell of filth, a smell of sweat, a smell of flesh, a smell of blood, a smell of death; war is a smell that never goes away.”

War Lair Of The Monster Shonmehta Lotm Millitary Brutality Of War

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“We make lots of mistakes in our lives, but not every mistake creates a similar result. Sometimes we pay, sometimes others pay.”

Punishment Mistakes Book Quotes Payment Shon Mehta Lair Of The Monster Lotm

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