Nayantara

“Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them. If we try to change them, this means we don’t really like them.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“kids with parents who are honest about their shortcomings seem to do better in life. What I mean is parents who aren’t trying to be perfect or pretend they’re perfect have kids who trust and respect them more. It’s as though vulnerability and openness act as the soil that fosters security. And I’d say that’s the quality I most often sense in the children of honest, open parents. I sense security.”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy

“After everything is said and done, a memory remains a treacherous thing…How long does one cling on to the people they’ve lost? How long could I have remembered my grandfather? How long had it been since I forgotten him and my mind began harbouring other things?”
― Kanza Javed, Ashes, Wine and Dust

“I feel like I’ve been on this massive long, lonely journey, and none of my friends could ever understand it, even Natalie. I think I kind of hated them for that.”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey