"No fruit dies so vile and offensive a…" — Kiran Desai
"No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana..."
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31 Quotes by Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai has 31 quotes on this site.
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This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in…
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Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.
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The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.
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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.
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I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
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I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere.
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I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.
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New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to…
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The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.
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We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.
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When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really…
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I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I…
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More Banana Quotes
This quote is filed under Banana Quotes,
one of 164 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love…
— Casey Affleck
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Technology has the shelf life of a banana.
— Scott McNealy
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You never know where to look when eating a banana.
— Peter Kay
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Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, 'I cannot believe that so-and-so could have evolved by gradual selection.'…
— Richard Dawkins
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The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
— Clifton Fadiman
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Painful as it may be to hear it, there's nothing special about the people of this country that sets them…
— Unknown Author
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I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.
— Unknown Author
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Sister Maria Martinez whom I believe I've mentioned before has been giving me cooking classes. Today I learned how to…
— Adele Griffin
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My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.'
— Betty White
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To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I…
— Nicolas Cage
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If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic…
— Paul Keating
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I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts.
— Amy Poehler
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