Alex

“Imagine the places you grew up, the places you studied, places that belonged to your people, burned. But I should stop pretending that I know you. Perhaps you do not have to imagine. Perhaps your library, too, went up in smoke.”
― V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night

“Some of the aunties in Dial A for Aunties speak the sort of broken English that my parents’ generation does. Their grasp of the English language is not a reflection of their intelligence, but a reflection of the sacrifice that they have made for us. They are, in essence, trilingual, and I am so proud of this heritage.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Dial A for Aunties

“I never believed the stars governed our lives; at least, I don't think I did then. I am not so sure now. Everything seems to have a shape pulled and turned by an unseen hand. Perhaps the stars are its fingertips”
― Romesh Gunesekera, Suncatcher

“- චන්ද්‍රානි වගේ කවුරුත් මේ ලෝකෙ ඇතියි කියල මං හිතන්නෙ නෑ.

- ඒ ඇයි? ඒ චරිතය හරිම තාත්විකයි.

- චන්ද්‍රානි මවාපු චරිතයක්. ඒක තාත්වික වෙන්ඩ ඇති. ඒ උණාට තාත්වික චරිතයක් කියන්නෙ හැබෑ චරිතයක් නෙවි. හැබෑ මිනිසුන් පොත්වල චරිත තරම් තාත්වික නෑ”
― කේ. ජයතිලක, අතීරණය