“May your heart be mine, may my heart be yours. May your sorrows be mine, may my joys be yours.” — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
I liked his voice, rich and unself-conscious even when he forgot words and hummed to fill in the gap. What I didn't… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Every person has a heart, but we're not always lucky enough to get a glimpse of it. And every heart, even the… — 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
“But when I see Sudha, her face bright with a simple, generous joy, the walls I'd set up so carefully collapse around… — 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… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins… — 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… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Dear Anju, for whom love means that we must want the same thing, always. That we must be the same. She has… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Sarojini admits he has a point; girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women,… — 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
