“Never again would he know love for a human being that wasn't adulterated by another, contradictory emotion.” — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
“Love is such a complicated and contradictory emotion: pleasure and pain, selfish and selfless, trust and deceit. The very act of falling… — Sean Kernan Copy Share Image
Jemu watched his father disappear. He didn't throw the coconut and he didn't cry. Never again would he know love for another… — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
