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Them Quotes by Jhumpa Lahiri
- In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about,…
- I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories…
- There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so…
- She watched his lips forming the words, at the same time she heard them under her skin, under her winter coat, so near and full…
- The knowledge of death seemed present in both sisters-it was something about the way they carried themselves, something that had broken too son and had…
- 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…
- Isolation offered its own form of companionship: the reliable silence of her rooms, the steadfast tranquility of the evenings. The promise that she would find…
- Some Indians will come up and say that a story reminded them of something very specific to their experience. Which may or may not be…
- I can't tell you exactly how I found it. It was just a process of writing a lot of stories and reading a lot of…
- You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster