Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth Quotes
Belonging to another man and therefore not even a little bit to him.
In their silence they continued both to protect me and to punish me. The memory of that night was now the only tie between us, eclipsing everything else.
I returned to my existence, the existence I had chosen instead of you.
I owed the greater apology, but at the same time I knew that was done was done, that no matter what I said now I would never be able to make it right.
No more bells ringing in the middle of the afternoon demolishing the rest of the day. No more waiting for the situation to change.
She had denied herself the pleasure of openly sharing life with the person she loved.