Jyotsna Reddy

“John D. MacDonald is a favorite of mine, especially his Travis McGee series,”
― John Grisham, Camino Island

“Happiness is not an accident. It is a choice. It is in our hands to be happy. Always in our hands.”
― Amish Tripathi, Sita: Warrior of Mithila

“Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“We often tell ourselves that America’s national political culture in some way immunizes us from such appeals, but this requires reading history with rose-colored glasses. The real protection against would-be authoritarians has not been Americans’ firm commitment to democracy but, rather, the gatekeepers—our political parties.”
― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die