Kavitha Rao > Quotes

“There's more to life than books, you know. And the care of books ages you. It drains you, it leeches you dry in ways you can't imagine." (p. 38)”
― Kavitha Rao, The Librarian

“The unplanned and initially unwanted baby, Krishnamurthi, would go on to become a famous doctor in his own right, the head of the Adyar Cancer Institute in Madras.”
― Kavitha Rao, Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India's First Women in Medicine

“There's no joy here," Shekhar murmured. "Books are a chore for them, a hindrance, an obstacle course they have to cross to get a job. They hate them. Books are their enemies. They look like they are on death row, for God's sake." "Well, at least we have got more people in, now." I said, trying to console him. "Those aren't people," said Shekhar, scathingly. "Those are exam zombies!”
― Kavitha Rao, The Librarian