Sugandha

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Andre Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Because immigrants have always been particularly prone to repetition - it's something to do with that experience of moving from West to East or East to West or from island to island. Even when you arrive, you're still going back and forth; your children are going round and round. There's no proper term for it - original sin seems too harsh; maybe original trauma would be better.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?”
― Mary Oliver

“No matter what the delusions are, parents do not really know their children”
― Manu Joseph, The Illicit Happiness of Other People