Pratima

“Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you. No matter how famous or powerful they became, my husbands would always long to be cherished. They would always yearn to feel worthy. If a person could make them feel that way, they’d bind themselves to him—or her—forever.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“Life can only be understood backward; the trouble is, it has to be lived forward.”
― Zia Haider Rahman, In the Light of What We Know

“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.”
― Georgia O'Keeffe