‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
“Even in these first days together, it is very clear that this feeling of mine for the stranger has trumped all the other adventures in my life. It has shuffled everything and everyone else I thought I was moving toward or away from.”
― A Thousand Days in Venice
― A Thousand Days in Venice
“I’m on bridge, bridge is on water, bridge-bridge cancel, I’m on water.”
― Our Moon Has Blood Clots: A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir
― Our Moon Has Blood Clots: A Memoir of a Lost Home in Kashmir
“I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.”
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“It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life — the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand — such minuscule movements have huge ripple effects.”
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