

“I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainable--but I always was so, only I never knew it!”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions

“Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have.”
― The Palace of Illusions
― The Palace of Illusions

“My fault my fault. A refrain so many women the world over have been taught to sing. ‘Why do you say that, beti?”
― The Mistress of Spices
― The Mistress of Spices

“Clothes as text, clothes as narration, clothes as a story. Clothes as the story of our lives. And if you were to gather all the clothes you have ever owned in all your life, each baby shoe and winter coat and wedding dress, you would have your autobiography. You could wear, once more, your own life in all its stages, from whatever they wrapped you in when you emerged from the dark red naked warmth of the womb to your deathbed.”
― The Thoughtful Dresser
― The Thoughtful Dresser
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