Deepa Ranganathan

“The pen is truly mightier than the sword. Unless you're holding a pen and the other guy's holding a sword.”
― Dave Besseling, The Liquid Refuses to Ignite

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers

“Women always think that when they have my shoes, my dress my hairdresser, my make-up, it will work the same way. They do not conceive of the witchcraft that is needed. They do not know that I am not beautiful but that I only appear to be at certain moments.”
― Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin

“You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, “What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?” Does that ever make you anxious?”
― Elaine May