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‘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.’
“We shall forever be battling our scars, healing ourselves from the deep scars of childhood, to the awkward scars of adolescence, the hard scars of adulthood and scars of frail old age. In the answering spark in another's eyes, the cosy laughter of friends, and the circle of family, we rush to heal, heal our scars. In the eyes of a complete stranger, we finally find our balm until they are a stranger no more, and then we scar again, only to bleed again.”
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“We sometimes try to impress people we just met by not trying to impress them.”
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“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months than we are loved by some of those who contact us every twelve or so days … or hours.”
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“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
“A total stranger, and one not of one's sex, is often the least prejudiced judge.”
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
― The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Shruti’s 2025 Year in Books
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