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> [...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/the-moon-that-hung-over-the-garden-like-some-great-priceless-pearl/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

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## More by Anita Desai

> [“Her eyes opened at this sight against her will and she looked around the room almost in fear. But it was dark and shadowy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/her-eyes-opened-at-this-sight-against-her-will-and-she-looked-around/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/the-wheel-turns-and-turns-and-turns-it-never-stops-and-stands-still/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/the-book-begins-and-ends-with-the-visits-to-give-the-impression-of-a/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/people-think-that-because-i-write-about-india-i-must-be-trying-to/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [Someone who wants to write should make an effort to write a little something every day. Writing in this sense is the same as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/someone-who-wants-to-write-should-make-an-effort-to-write-a-little/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [“The bougainvillea hung about it, purple and magenta, in livid balloons.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/the-bougainvillea-hung-about-it-purple-and-magenta-in-livid-balloons/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [Do you know anyone who would - secretly, sincerely, in his innermost self - really prefer to return to childhood?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/do-you-know-anyone-who-would-secretly-sincerely-in-his-innermost-self/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/ever-since-i-could-first-write-i-have-been-doing-so-when-i-was-taught/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [What a sense of possession, of confidence, it gave one to have pockets, to shove one's fists into them, as if in simply owning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/what-a-sense-of-possession-of-confidence-it-gave-one-to-have-pockets/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/i-aim-to-tell-the-truth-about-any-subject-not-a-romance-or-fantasy/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/my-style-of-writing-is-to-allow-the-story-to-unfold-on-its-own-i-try/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/i-try-to-trace-the-connection-between-the-characters-and-that-way-a/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/isn-t-it-strange-how-life-won-t-flow-like-a-river-but-moves-in-jumps/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/india-is-a-curious-place-that-still-preserves-the-past-religions-and/)

[Anita Desai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-desai/)

> [...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-desai/the-moon-that-hung-over-the-garden-like-some-great-priceless-pearl/)

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