Priya

“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“I forgave you a long time ago,’ I say to Ram. ‘Though I didn’t know it until now. Because this is the most important aspect of love, whose other face is compassion: It isn’t doled out, drop by drop. It doesn’t measure who is worthy and who isn’t. It is like the ocean. Unfathomable. Astonishing. Measureless.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

“Around me celestial flowers are falling in a crystal shower. Or are they the tears of the gods who crowd the skies, looking down in sorrow and admiration at my final act of self-respect?”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments

“Most of all, I understood that things happen to us for many complicated reasons, arising from both the past and the future.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments