Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi, ’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.

It is easy to have love affairs than to solve math problems but it is easy to learn if you trust God

With each beat, the heart pumps nearly three ounces of blood into the arteries--seventy-five to ninety gallons an hour when the body is at rest.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.

Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!

I was sad Jon Ronson, who wrote in the Guardian and has made a TV show for Channel 4, took against me.

I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn't started until I've had eggs. I'm probably gonna die from high cholesterol!

I've governed from a consistent set of principles

Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.