Ritaban Biswas

“They say you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with, he says, glaring at me, nostrils flaring like a wolf. Doesn’t say a lot about the company you keep, does it. That’s one, he points in Paddy’s direction. I wonder who the other four losers are in your life.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Freckles

“Because in the end to learn a language, to feel connected to it, you have to have a dialogue, however childlike, however imperfect.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, In Other Words: A Memoir