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Book Quotes by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.
- I dream of writing a book like LOVERS some day. It is so spare but so rich. It is history made intimate, and a masterpiece…
- That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.
- My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an…
- The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can…
- Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I…
- At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book,…
- Winning the Pulitzer is wonderful and it's an honor and I feel so humbled and so grateful, but I think that I'll think of it…
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