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title: "2 Book-club-fiction Quotes By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni"
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> [“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her heart gave a great, hurtful lurch, as though it were trying to leap out of her body to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/bela-had-thought-she-knew-what-love-felt-like-but-when-she-saw-sanjay/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni-751_book-club-fiction_bela-had-thought-she-knew-what-love-felt_875903.jpg)

> [“Ebb and flow, ebb and flow, our lives. Is that why we're fascinated by the steadfastness of stars? The water reaches my calves. I begin the story of the Pleiades, women transformed into birds so Swift and bright that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/ebb-and-flow-ebb-and-flow-our-lives-is-that-why-we-re-fascinated-by/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

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## More by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

> [A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/a-problem-becomes-a-problem-only-if-you-believe-it-to-be-so-and-often/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/because-ultimately-only-the-witness-and-not-the-actors-knows-the/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [I walk out of the room, lurching under the weight of the lesson I've learned less than one hour into wifehood: How quickly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/i-walk-out-of-the-room-lurching-under-the-weight-of-the-lesson-i-ve/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“Looking down from the heights of Maslow's pyramid, it seems inconceivable to us that someone could actually prefer bread to freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/looking-down-from-the-heights-of-maslow-s-pyramid-it-seems/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“...each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/each-person-is-distinct-separate-that-ultimately-we-are-each-alone/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Never choose something because it's easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/never-choose-something-because-it-s-easier/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Sometimes -- she knows this from her own life -- to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No detours are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/sometimes-she-knows-this-from-her-own-life-to-get-to-the-other-side/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“I have to believe in possibility. How else can we bear the enormous weight of life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/i-have-to-believe-in-possibility-how-else-can-we-bear-the-enormous/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/in-life-it-s-best-not-to-take-anything-for-free-unless-it-s-from/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/once-i-heard-my-mother-say-that-each-of-us-lives-in-a-separate/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“Hi mam I am Divya studying 2nd year English I am doing research about you so please tell me the relation of Anand in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/hi-mam-i-am-divya-studying-2nd-year-english-i-am-doing-research-about/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/everytime-i-have-turned-the-page-he-re-enters-my-life-as-awkward-as/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“Rakhi likes the comfortable clutter of her life, the things she loves gathered around her like a shawl against the winterliness of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/rakhi-likes-the-comfortable-clutter-of-her-life-the-things-she-loves/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [“The wind blows through him, cleansing. Salt and distance, smell of the deep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/the-wind-blows-through-him-cleansing-salt-and-distance-smell-of-the/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

> [Everyone has a story. I don't believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/everyone-has-a-story-i-don-t-believer-anyone-can-go-through-life/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

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