Kala

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

“There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost inevitably some part of him is aware that they are myths and that he believes them only because they are comforting. But he dare not face this thought! Moreover, since he is aware, however dimly, that his opinions are not rational, he becomes furious when they are disputed.”
― Bertrand Russell, Human Society in Ethics and Politics

“Before, she would have said, "I know," that peculiar American expression that professed agreement rather than knowledge”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“It was the exaggerated gratitude that came with immigrant insecurity.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah