Quotes from Chetan Bhagat

He went to the board to write lots of Greek symbols and calculus equations. The course had started with cute little things like how people choose between tea and biscuits. It had moved on to scary equations that would dominate exams. The class took mad notes. Kanyashree wrote so hard I could feel the seismic vibrations from her pen's nib.

On the court our occasional touches meant little. In the room, her jostling me felt electric. I wanted to grab her tight, but didn't. I didn't want a scene like last time.

Societies that value excellence, innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity do well.

Suddenly, in this lap of luxury, I felt lonely. I missed home, my hostel room and my mother, all at the same time. It is funny how class works. The moment you are placed in a higher one, a part of you feels terrified and alone.

Admiration passes, love endures.

No statues, please. School or statue? Hospital or statue? No need to explain further.

If a father buys his child toffees instead of books for school, it may make for a happy child. But does it make a good father?

So, bring on my Food, Fruit, Vegetables and Milk Security Act. Did I miss something in that? Oh yes, nuts. We do need nuts. Some nuts for all Indians, please. You know the kind of nuts I am talking about, right?

my exes who waited within bluetooth range could see me dolled up. After

I am a businessman. To me, people only do things out of self-interest.

This is how we girls are. At times we want to be wanted, even when we deny it.

In cigarettes, we have pictures of blackened lungs on the packs. But packets of potato chips don't bear the picture of an obese heart patient, right?

By living on our own terms. By being rats, not mice, work together and beat the system. I will not give up my friends for this system. In fact, my friendships will beat the system.

People argued less on a full stomach.

Right now, they don't, because they think you, the voter, doesn't care.

Even though I was in pain, I remembered the golden rule: if you live in a hostel, never throw away food.

Ignore girls and they can't leave you alone.

My judgmental relatives, Uncle Conscience and Aunty Guilt, started to ring the doorbell in my head.

There are times in life you wish dinosaurs weren't extinct and could be whistled to come and gulp you down.

After a long time, we have had a stable mandate at the top. If the BJP blows this opportunity, it will set India back by a decade.

Sometimes your heart can lead you to a dead end.

A bad boss is like a disease of the soul.

Making a nation awesome takes more than just Twitter outrage, street protests and a toppling of governments in elections. It asks for a fundamental shift in societal values, culture and habits.

Say that to my mother. She stays up at night wondering about who will marry me with this skin colour.