“Early in my life, I learned to eavesdrop. I was driven to this ignoble practice because people seldom told me anything worth… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Rakhi likes the comfortable clutter of her life, the things she loves gathered around her like a shawl against the winterliness of… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I have to believe in possibility. How else can we bear the enormous weight of life?” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Sometimes -- she knows this from her own life -- to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Everyone has a story. I don't believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“And whether my lack of friends and visitors was due not to my father's strictness but due to people's wariness of someone… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“The fates are cruel,” Bheeshma whispered, “and they’ve been crueler than usual to you. But the sins you committed in ignorance are… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“And have you come to set me free finally, Govinda?” he asked. “Have I paid sufficiently for my theft?” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Begitu lah kadang2 bila kita terjun ke jurang kehidupan kita.Tidak ada yang bisa menemani kita,bahkan mereka yang mau mengorbankan hati mereka demi… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Who am I to say that small joys are less valuable than a passion which shatters your life?” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“til which fried in its own oil restores lustre when one has lost interest in life. I will be Tilottama, the essence… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware of the… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“...the bird began to carry them to a new life in a new land. We'll be happy ever after, the queen wanted… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi) — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
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… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Looking down from the heights of Maslow's pyramid, it seems inconceivable to us that someone could actually prefer bread to freedom.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“...each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Sometimes -- she knows this from her own life -- to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No detours are… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“I have to believe in possibility. How else can we bear the enormous weight of life?” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Hi mam I am Divya studying 2nd year English I am doing research about you so please tell me the relation of Anand in… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
