“If there was one thing I feared as I was growing up . . . No, that's stupid. I feared hundreds of things: the dark, the death of my father, the possibility that I might rejoice the death of my… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“Fight your genes.' The Big Hoom said to us once, to Susan and me. He did not explain. He did not know how to.… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“I wanted to understand her predicament because I was her son and I loved her with a helpless corroded love.” — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“Love is never enough. Madness is enough. It is complete, sufficient unto itself. You can only stand outside it as a woman might stand… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“Took myself to Byculla. The area around the elephants is very soothing. I wish I were an elephant. I would be so composed.” — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
I didn't go to bookshops to buy. That's a little bourgeois. I went because they were civilized places. It made me happy there were… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“In this city, every deserted street corner conceals a crowd. It appears in a minute when something disrupts the way in which the world… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“That’s what comes of this celibacy business. We confess to men who’ve never had to worry about a family. Naturally, it’s a huge sin… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee. — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“Marriage is all right. At least the person you’re having a go at is an adult. But motherhood… You’re given something totally dependent, totally… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
“I know I want to marry you. But I wish we were the first to ever get married. I cannot help feeling that the… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
