Swati Garg

“how different it would be if others weren’t always greedy for their oil. He wrote about how the British and the Russians competed for influence in their country.”
― Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop

“First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

“I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.”
― Stephen Greenblatt

“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth