{"author":"Manu Joseph","author_id":"Manu+Joseph","total_quotes":16,"quotes":[{"text":"The distinction between a delusion and a lie is the very difference between a successful saint and a fraud.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["delusions","lie","lies","religion-spirituality","saint"],"id":27551,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"After riding like a moron all over the place, observes the face of an Indian when he crashes. He is stunned.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["satire"],"id":86042,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["men-and-women","morals"],"id":110700,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"The unfortunate are not as miserable as the world imagines. That urchins, the handicapped, orphans, prisoners and others are much happier than people think. And that language is a trap, that a dark evolutionary force has created languages to limit human thought. That writers are overrated fools. That all religions come from ancient comic writers. And the ultimate goal of comics is same as the purpose of humanity – to break free from language.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["comic","happiness","humanity-and-society","language","religion","unfortunate"],"id":112381,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"From the comfort of distance, [Non resident Indians and Kashmiris] financially and emotionally support ideologies whose consequence they don’t have to face. They are not just a nuisance. As a collective they are dangerous. When men capable of murder receive the affection of engineers and MBAs, it makes them potentially far more lethal.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["india","kashmir","non-resident-indian","politics","support"],"id":124357,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"The extraordinary triumph of the cellphone among India’s poor stemmed from its ability to enable a most mundane human need, which is to chat with other people. And when the poor chat, it is not always about curing a child of diarrhea.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["connection","friendship","happiness","technology"],"id":124435,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"Strong people write bad stories.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["writers"],"id":158011,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"Ambition is the capacity for unhappiness.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["ambition"],"id":272840,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"At the heart of memory, is the stillness of time.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["life","love","memory","pain","sadness","separation","time"],"id":318283,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"},{"text":"No matter what the delusions are, parents do not really know their children.","author":"Manu Joseph","tags":["children","parents"],"id":330305,"author_id":"Manu+Joseph"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}