"Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the……" — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to come."
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45 Quotes by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Often, others see you, as you see yourself
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Buddha's Wife tells a fascinating story, little known in the west, about the woman whom Buddha left behind. Gabriel Constans…
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Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.
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I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware…
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Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)
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I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainable--but I always was so, only I never knew it!
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Above us our palace waits, the only one I've ever needed. Its walls are space, its floor is sky, its…
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Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into…
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Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack…
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Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.
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Each day has a color, a smell.
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Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.
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