"they say in the old tales that when……" — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"they say in the old tales that when a man and woman exchange looks the way we did, their spirits mingle. their gaze is a rope of gold binding each other. even if they never meet again, they carry a little of the other with them always. they can never forget, and they can never be wholly happy again"
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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45 Quotes by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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