Chaani Srivastava

“The leading lady had a large and saving sense of humor. But there is nothing that blunts the sense of humor more quickly than a few months of one-night stands. Even O. Henry could have seen nothing funny about that room.”
― Edna Ferber

“Isn’t that what truth is? The force of a person’s believing seeps into those around him—into the very earth and air and water—until there’s nothing else.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“But truth, when it’s being lived, is less glamorous than our imaginings.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions

“Distance is a great promoter of harmony:”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions