"Or perhaps it is just that desire lies……" — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find another to cleave to with all our strength --or else we die."
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45 Quotes by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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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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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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Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . .…
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