Pushpa Jhawar

“Becca, though, I married. I don’t know how other people do it, not stay with the girl whose ankle socks made your stomach flip at age fourteen, whose wet hair smells like your past—the girl who was with you the very moment you were introduced to happiness.”
― Lily King, Five Tuesdays in Winter

“It’s a strange thing, life.
It feels like life is an endless ellipsis
More and more unspoken, and mostly misunderstood.”
― Myra Jhawar, Journey of Unwoven Threads

“There are no compelling reasons for matrimony,” Jacob admits. “Getting married is something you do despite compelling reasons.”
― Richard Russo, Straight Man

“The past is like the Gran Cavallo and you can’t fix the Gran Cavallo, right? I mean, sure, who doesn’t fantasize about drawing in the rest of the horse, and maybe the sky around the horse. But what would the painting be worth then? Absolutely nothing. So it is what it is. Imperfect, unfinished, forever. We just have to move on, call it a masterpiece, even if it’s not, and start working on a new goddamned painting.” “I suppose I didn’t realize that’s what it would feel like getting older,” Phoebe confesses.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People