But you’ll never get a new ending if you keep starting with the same tired beginning.

Well, that explains the dreamy accent. And why transvestites would make him feel homesick.—SINGLE-MINDED

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Nothing is so essential as dignity…Time will reveal who has it and who has it not.

Swear to me swear to me that if it isn't dead you'll all come back.

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

I'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.

The tone of every book is slightly different; there's a music that each has that is distinct from all the others.

I was fifteen, and when I picture myself then, I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.

India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was never a substitute for not doing anything, or for cowardice.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.