Sreejitha Sasikumar

“She had no startling brilliancy of beauty, no pearly whiteness, no radiant carnation. She had not the majestic contour that rivets attention, demands instant wonder, and then disappoints by the coldness of its charms. You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.”
― Anthony Trollope, The Warden

“I returned to my existence, the existence I had chosen instead of you.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth

“I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page.”
― Keri Hulme

“The Devil whispered in my ear: ‘You’re not strong enough to withstand the storm.’ I whispered back: ‘I am the storm.”
― Adharanand Finn, The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance