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“My grandfather always says that’s what books are for,” Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. “To travel without moving an inch.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“Ghosh shook his head. 'You are still young. Free,' he said spreading his hands apart for emphasis. 'Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.
'My grandfather always says that's what books are for,' Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. 'To travel without moving an inch.”
― The Namesake
'My grandfather always says that's what books are for,' Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. 'To travel without moving an inch.”
― The Namesake
“মরে যাওয়া তো ভালোই। মরে গেলেই পাখি হয়ে যাবি। পাখি হলে কত মজা! যা ইচ্ছে তাই করে বেড়াবি। একবার বাঁশঝাড়ে বসবি, একবার আমড়া গাছে বসবি, একবার পেয়ারা গাছে বসবি, যখন যেখানে তোর খুশি...”
― কালো বরফ
― কালো বরফ
“Even those family members who continue to live seem dead somehow, always invisible, impossible to touch.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. They all have pet names.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
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