Top 100 Chetan Bhagat Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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.”

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52. “The missed call and call back drama between men and women deserves its own user mannual.”

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53. “Thank you. For showing me what love is all about. And thank you for also teaching me to never love someone too much.”

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54. “Imagine all the sadhus and priests of Varanasi. More than all of their devotion put together, that’s how much I loved her.”

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55. “I think the brain has a special box where it keeps crappy memories. It stays shut, but everytime a new entry has to be added, it opens and you can look at what is inside.”

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

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57. “I myself don’t know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I’m frankly overwhelmed by the number of books in most of them, and I know people are buying mine.”

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58. “One shows more warmth before ending a wrong number call.”

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59. “Girlfriends come and go but, thank God, mothers don’t break up with you.”

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60. “Ignore girls and they can’t leave you alone.”

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61. “While I am a capitalist at heart and I have no problems with commercialization as such, I believe that while it’s okay if education becomes a profitable business, it’s not okay if it becomes corrupt.”

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

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63. “Sometimes your heart can lead you to a dead end.”

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64. “Excel in your field: Whatever you do, try to be the best at it. There is too much mediocrity all around and we have learnt to live with it. However, awesomeness has no place for mediocrity. And do not confuse excellence with elitism. Being excellent at your work is different from considering yourself superior to others.”

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

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66. “In an Indian love marriage, by the time everyone gets on board, one wonders if there is any love left.”

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

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68. “If it is too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.”

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69. “When people say ‘I quote’ and pause, they come across as scary-level intellectuals. Let’s face it, nobody wants to mess with the ‘I quote’ types.”

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70. “People argued less on a full stomach.”

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71. “Dress down. Charisma comes from integrity, competence and compassion. Not from expensive clothes.”

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72. “If we think it is okay to cheat in exams, lie to a ticket collector in the train about our kids’ ages and pay a bit of money to avoid a big traffic fine, then at some level we clearly don’t care about eliminating corruption all that much. At.”

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73. “Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature’s design. Are you? Goals will help you do that. I must add, don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.”

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74. “I love her and we make each other happy. But if our happiness makes so many people unhappy, is it the right thing to do?”

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75. “Aarti? She got me into trouble the first day we met,’ Gopal said. I dipped a biscuit in my tea and listened.”

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76. “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.”

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77. “This is not a story. There is no romance in here, nor are there page-turning, thrilling moments. Rather, this book is about a dream both you and I share – to make India a better place.”

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78. “Some problems in the world seem to exist solely for women. Like not having anything to wear.”

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79. “Actually the choice is simple. When your child decides to love a new person, you can either see it as a chance to hate some people – the person they choose and their families. However, you can also see it as a chance to love some more people. And since when did loving more become a bad thing?”

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80. “Shocked, the teacher rushed out and brought back the headmistress. Throughout the rest of the period, both of them tried to figure out who set off the bomb and gave us lectures on our rowdy behaviour.”

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81. “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.”

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82. “Panic does not help, even if you are unable to answer. Try to ask questions to the interviewers as well and it should be impressive enough.”

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83. “I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.”

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84. “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.”

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85. “I don’t think Indians have learnt much since that day. We remain as divided as ever. Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell.”

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86. “When you screw someone’s life, the least you can do is leave the person alone.”

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87. “Right now, they don’t, because they think you, the voter, doesn’t care.”

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88. “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?”

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89. “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.”

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90. “Would you rather take a sensible student, or someone who speaks a foreign language well?’ My.”

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91. “What?’ I said, and increased the speed of his treadmill to four kilometres per hour. ‘Slower, bhai.’ ‘It’s fine. Your heart rate should go up. You weighed yourself? How much was it?’ ‘Ninety-five point five.’ ‘That’s too much, Saurabh.’ ‘I am working on it. One day I will have a six-pack like you. Actually, I do have one. It’s just hidden under some tissue.”

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92. “All of us needed time to rest. And we had time – four months of it – to take all the rest in the world.”

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93. “The worst wait in life is waiting for someone to text back. Riya.”

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

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95. “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?”

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96. “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?”

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97. “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.”

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98. “They are not saviours, and it is unfair to expect them to be. It’s not them, but we, who have to solve our problems.”

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

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100. “This is how your mind plays game with you. If it wants you to do something, it will find a hundred reasons to justify it.”

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