Tulika

“Could fulfillment be felt as deeply as loss.”
― Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss

“His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed certain lines; the script was always the same, and they had no option but to beg for mercy.”
― Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss

“Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

“Kids can be hurtful sometimes. They believe if you happen to be an adult, nothing can possibly hurt you.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun