# Quote — Amit Chaudhuri, Friend of My Youth

> Only drunks stare at statues .... I never liked the statues keeping vigil, primarily because they were too close to life.

- Author: [Amit Chaudhuri](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri.md)
- Book: [Friend of My Youth](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/friend-of-my-youth.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amit_Chaudhuri#Friend_of_My_Youth_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/friend-of-my-youth/only-drunks-stare

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> An hour's a symbolic duration.

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> The eye covers distances in a second. It lusts for freedom. Looking out, I often wanted to be free - not of home, but of the city. The eye (if it's gazing upon something it's unhappy with, as I was) might see nothing. Looking up is different. I have the freedom I then wanted.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/friend-of-my-youth/the-eye-covers.md)

> I treat vegetarianism as a phase that might any second end without warning.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/friend-of-my-youth/i-treat-vegetarianism.md)