Nupur Pạỉ

“People feel sorry for you if you sit down on a bench in the evening.”
― Emmanuel Bove

“Every time I go back to Rome, I go back to that one spot. It is still alive for me, still resounds with something totally present, as though a heart stolen from a tale by Poe still throbbed under the ancient slate pavement to remind me that, here, I had finally encountered the life that was right for me but had failed to have.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“People just wanted to open their mouths and talk, and they didn't much mind what came out.”
― Jon McGregor, Reservoir 13

“A man on a bike was riding on the pavement. When he tried to plunge into the road, a car hit him. He fell down but managed to get up. He looked shocked. That, Ayyan loved. After riding like a moron all over the place, observe the face of an Indian when he crashes. He is stunned.”
― Manu Joseph, Serious Men: A Novel