You can cry in public as long as you don not sob. Tears are transparent. If you’re walking fast, if the sun’s too strong, no one notices. Sobs intrude. They push their way into people’s consciousness. They feel duty-bound to… — 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
