Srabani Naskar

“I don’t need your praise
to survive. I was here first,
before you were here, before
you ever planted a garden.
And I’ll be here when only the sun and moon
are left, and the sea, and the wide field.

I will constitute the field.”
― Louise Glück, The Wild Iris

“While you are living, part of you has slipped away to the cemetery.”
― Elizabeth Hardwick, Sleepless Nights

“...the end is simply the beginning of an even longer story.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”
― Armistead Maupin, More Tales of the City