There is, in short no end to the story of life. There are merely pauses. The end is the arbitrary intervention of the teller, but there can be no finality about the choice. Today's end is, after all tomorrow's beginning. (Shashi Tharoor)

There is, in short no end to the story of life. There are merely pauses. The end is the arbitrary intervention of the teller, but there can be no finality about the choice. Today's end is, after all tomorrow's beginning.

Shashi Tharoor

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