Nisha Mohiuddin

“Such precious, precious water, Lord, water from our own well; this water that is our covenant with You, with this soil, with the life You granted us. We are born and baptized in this water, we grow full of pride, we sin, we are broken, we suffer, but with water we are cleansed of our transgressions, we are forgiven, and we are born again, day after day till the end of our days. Her mat takes her weight kindly, eases”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“I have been bent and broken but I hope into better shape.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“One shouldn’t just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“For twenty-eight years of Baby Mol’s life, the sun has never failed to come up, yet every morning she’s ecstatic at its return. To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water