Padma Viswanathan > Quotes

“She had always thought of her life as a series of submissions to God. What if she has been making her own decisions all along?”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Toss of a Lemon

“Perhaps terror and peace became the same thing when life's mysteries were unveiled. In the Bhagavad Gita, when Krishna reveals his divine form at Arjuna's request, Arjuna is terrified at seeing what no mortal can stand to see. But the end to human doubt surely must also bring with it a definite, final peace.”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

“Ganesh: Mortals refuse most divine offers….But so few of you accept our gifts, even ones you have prayed for.”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Toss of a Lemon

“The sound did not hide the void, but it filled it with a kind of light: nothing that would stop you from falling, but maybe stop you from being so afraid.”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

“We can choose a date. Now we just have to get that cheapskate bustard to settle on the terms.” Angamma never swears but often says things that sound close.”
― Padma Viswanathan

“We can never know more than the mind can assimilate and process, nor can we discuss any aspect of the world for which there is no language.”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao

“The world loves Thangam and does not love Vairum, because Thangam is easy to love and Vairum is not, and people, given the choice, do what is easy. ***”
― Padma Viswanathan, The Toss of a Lemon: A Novel