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“If she had another chance, she thinks, she would do it differently. But chance is a slippery customer, and she can feel Amit’s hands growing cold.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“He would tell about her, but not tell on her.”
― Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry

“Far greater than all warriors who led armies to battle was this little man, the bravest, the most triumphant of all . . . May the soul of my master, my leader, my father rest not in peace, not in peace, but . . . let the powder of his bones be so charged with life and inspiration that the whole of India will, after his death, be revitalized into the reality of freedom. My father, do not rest. Do not allow us to rest. Keep us to our pledge. Give us strength to fulfill our promise, your heirs, . . . the guardians of your dreams, the fulfillers of India’s destiny.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

“At an earlier time, she would have read into these gestures what she longed for; now she is grateful and resigned.”
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence