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title: "2 Manjushree Thapa Quotes - Famous Translator"
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# Manjushree Thapa

(1968)   Translator

 **2** quotes in **3** categories

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Manjushree Thapa is a translator.

## Quick Facts About Manjushree Thapa

Born January 1, 1968

Profession Translator

## About Manjushree Thapa

Nepali writer... \| Manjushree Thapa is a Nepalese–born Canadian essayist, fiction writer, translator and editor. She is one of the first English writers of Nepali descent to be published internationally. Forget Kathmandu and The Tutor of History are some of her most well-known works.

##  Quotes by Manjushree Thapa

> [“Our lives are a catalogue of random occurrences that hew us into who we are. We drift from circumstance to circumstance, pointing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manjushree-thapa/our-lives-are-a-catalogue-of-random-occurrences-that-hew-us-into-who/)

Manjushree Thapa

[Circumstance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/manjushree-thapa-97162_expat-life_our-lives-are-a-catalogue-of-random-occu_1126332.jpg)

> [“...What I want is to be like I him. I want the gall, the gumption--for that is what it takes--to ask people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manjushree-thapa/what-i-want-is-to-be-like-i-him-i-want-the-gall-the-gumption-for-that/)

Manjushree Thapa

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/manjushree-thapa-97162_life_what-i-want-is-to-be-like-i-him-i-want-t_2084081.jpg)

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