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 don't know a better preparation for life than love of poetry and a good digestion”
― Zona Gale

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

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