☆ Lauriane ☆

“I fear I'm a terrible daughter, who ignores her mother; whose fault is to be excessively alive”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Whereabouts

“But you scratch the surface, it’s crumbling, it’s dying, there’s no future on that miserable island. The same in America. You think India is poor? Go and travel around America. I couldn’t believe it. Meanwhile some backpacker in Paharganj wanders around crying about our poverty, shaking his head, taking pity on us, taking photos for the people back home.”
― Deepti Kapoor, Age of Vice

“But this? This is not development. This is looting. If land is to be acquired, it must be done fairly. The people must be compensated, not only monetarily, but with jobs, with dignity, with a future. Not a Shunya future, a real future, a people’s future. Do you know what Shunya means? Nothing.”
― Deepti Kapoor, Age of Vice

“At nine, I wanted love as a kind of corroboration of my own existence.”
― Stephanie Wambugu, Lonely Crowds