Hyren

“Mariamma, sometimes when you are most afraid, when you feel most helpless, that is when God is pointing out a path for you.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“You can’t walk across a lake just because you change its name to “land.” Labels matter.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“Sooner or later, she must sit down to the meal of consequences”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“Even before his brain digests these sights, his body—skin, nerve endings, lungs, heart—recognizes the geography of his birth. He never understood how much it mattered. Every bit of this lush landscape is his; its every atom contains him.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water