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title: "3 Shanthi Sekaran Quotes - Famous Novelist"
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# Shanthi Sekaran

(1976)   Novelist

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Shanthi Sekaran is a novelist.

## Quick Facts About Shanthi Sekaran

Born November 30, 1976

Profession Novelist

## About Shanthi Sekaran

Indian American educator and novelist (born 1977)... \| Shanthi Sekaran is an Indian American educator and novelist known for The Prayer Room and Lucky Boy.

##  Quotes by Shanthi Sekaran

> [“Like most children, she came into the world assuming everyone was good, and spent the rest of her life discovering otherwise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shanthi-sekaran/like-most-children-she-came-into-the-world-assuming-everyone-was-good/)

Shanthi Sekaran

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/shanthi-sekaran-76318_children_like-most-children-she-came-into-the-wor_236255.jpg)

> [“People with good intentions tended not to question themselves. And people who didn’t question themselves, in the scientific world and beyond, were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shanthi-sekaran/people-with-good-intentions-tended-not-to-question-themselves-and/)

Shanthi Sekaran

[Good intentions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-intentions/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a5/shanthi-sekaran-76318_good-intentions_people-with-good-intentions-tended-not-t_1284838.jpg)

> [“If this is a story, it’s one with no right ending. If this is a dream, it is a dream made solid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shanthi-sekaran/if-this-is-a-story-it-s-one-with-no-right-ending-if-this-is-a-dream/)

Shanthi Sekaran

[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/shanthi-sekaran-76318_dream_if-this-is-a-story-it-s-one-with-no-righ_2637636.jpg)

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