Chitrangada Mukherjee > Quotes

“It was love. That pure, naive, untarnished emotion which seeds into you when you read fairy tales. Listen to honey-imbued words served by melodious voices. Avoid looking at your bitter squabbling parents. It skulked into me, making me its home.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Red is Her Colour: Un-Love Series Book 1

“11 pm: Heart’s pounding, hands shaking. Have these knots in my stomach. But drinking isn’t an option. Maa is sleeping with me. Baba in Lalitaji’s room. And she on the sofa.
Want to step into the toilet, take one swig, and then go directly to sleep. How the hell will Maa know? I mean she’s sleeping like a log. No, no, shouldn’t. What if she wakes up? She’s a light sleeper, after all.
11.30 pm: No wine. Or vodka. Terrible, terrible night. When will they go back to Kolkata and let me be?
11.32 pm: Chhi . . .Chhi . . . How selfish am I? My parents, one with a heart condition, spent thousands on flight tickets and landed in Chennai. Why? Because they wanted to spend time with their widowed daughter. And what does the daughter want? To sneak into the toilet and take one good swig of wine. Shame on her!
Okay, now I’m being over-dramatic.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Secret Diary of an Incurable Romantic

“I didn't want you thinking that I was stupid and nervy. Nervy more than stupid. Stupid can be vindicated by a turn of phrase, by a dazzling rationale, a profound observation, or a smart quip -- not nervy -- that's permanent damage in front of a woman.
Marc in Red is Her Colour”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Red is Her Colour: Un-Love Series Book 1

“Trust is an invaluable gem. But mind you, when you lose it twice, it loses its charm and shine.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Three Men & A Strange Murder

“Love is strange they say. An enigma. A pathway to heaven.
A ride to hell.
And a bridge to the space unknown.
You don’t describe love. You experience it.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, One Rain Kissed Night

“A full moon beamed over a love-starved city, in love with itself.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Red is Her Colour: Un-Love Series Book 1

“Our minds are like the universe. How do we know what's hidden in some corner of that space? Beyond the galaxies we know. To places where light doesn't travel...We feel, write, think and argue about what we see. But the unknown exists and sometimes, makes an unexpected appearance. I experienced a part of that unknown through a man.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee

“love wasn’t easy to deconstruct. With every poem and tale, it only transformed into an arcane enigma.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Three Men & A Strange Murder

“It’s strange how we all change. How the prism through which we view people adjusts itself with time.”
― Chitrangada Mukherjee, Three Men & A Strange Murder