Salahuddin Falcon

“Men of few words are the best men."

(3.2.41)” - Henry V

“The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.”

“what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes” - Othello

“Love comforeth like sunshine after rain,
But Lust's effect is tempest after sun.
Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done.
Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies
Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies.” - Venus and Adonis

“Women may fail when there is no strength in man”

“Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.” - Much Ado About Nothing

Salahuddin Falcon

“What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.” “My hands are of your colour but I shame to wear a heart so white. A little water clears us of this deed: How easy it is then! Your constancy hath left you unattended.” - Macbeth

“Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1, scene 1)” - Romeo & Juliet

“Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an ass.” - The Complete Works

“Boldness be my friend.”

“The clamorous owl, that nightly hoots and wonders
At out quaint spirits.” - A Midsummer Night's Dream

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man
What is in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,
So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title,
Romeo, Doth thy name!
And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself.”

FAMOUS SHORT STORIES

 “The Bogey Beast” by Flora Annie Steel

A woman finds a pot of treasure on the road while she is returning from work. Delighted with her luck, she decides to keep it. As she is taking it home, it keeps changing. However, her enthusiasm refuses to fade away. The old lady in this story is one of the most cheerful characters anyone can encounter in English fiction. Her positive disposition (personality) tries to make every negative transformation seem like a gift, and she helps us look at luck as a matter of perspective rather than events.

 “The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse” by Beatrix Potter

Timmie Willie is a country mouse who is accidentally transported to a city in a vegetable basket. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a party and makes a friend. When he is unable to bear the city life, he returns to his home but invites his friend to the village. When his friend visits him, something similar happens. Humans have been living without cities or villages for most of history. That means
that both village and city life are recent inventions. And just like every other invention, we need to decide their costs and benefits. The story is precisely about this debate.

 “The Night Train at Deoli” by Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond used to spend his summer at his grandmother’s house in Dehradun. While taking the train, he always had to pass through a small station called Deoli. No one used to get down at the station and nothing happened there. Until one day he sees a girl selling fruit and he is unable to forget her. Ruskin Bond is a writer who can communicate deep feelings in a simple way. This story is about our attachment to strangers and why we cherish them even though we do not meet them ever again.

“Make the doors upon a woman's wit,
and it will out at the casement
shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole
stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney.”