☆ Lauriane ☆

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

“I think the entire world depends on people pretending they don’t know they’re doing terrible things.”
― Andrew Joseph White, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

“It is as clear as someone crying in church.”
― Deepti Kapoor, Age of Vice

“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