“Brooding weather all day, then a furious downpour, then brilliant late afternoon sun, the air crisp and clean and everything dripping happily, all creatures emerged blinking and capering, the sky crammed with wheeling swifts, you could see for miles, the air so freshly washed that your lungs grinned. You know what I mean.”
― Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies
― Leaping: Revelations & Epiphanies
“Dont speak of tomorrow.Let the music speak to us tonight,in a happier language than ours.”
― The Woman in White
― The Woman in White
“Is this why we write and read, in the end, in order to find new words for the things we feel but do not have words for?”
― Martin Marten
― Martin Marten
“We don’t use knives and forks,” Pranay replied, leaning forward, “because we are not at war with our food. We don’t need weapons. We have learned it is better to surrender to the flavors, to caress and embrace them. You see, eating for Indians is a passionate affair. Picking up the food with our fingers evokes a closeness, a feeling of warmth, a connection. It would all be lost if we started stabbing and cutting.”
― The Orphan Keeper
― The Orphan Keeper
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