Punya Gupta

“Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“And for two hours the wine was poured, the cheese cut, and the two men talked. Of what? Who knows? Of love, of war, of the past. And they listened with hearts instead of ears, and in the candlelit kitchen three floors up in an old palazzo, death was put on hold. For another night or day or week or year.”
― Sarah Winman, Still Life

“What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness?”
― Julian Barnes, Levels of Life

“I should infinitely prefer a book...”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice