Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from and I am lucky to be part of it.

A journey once begun, has no end

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss?

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.

Jemu watched his father disappear. He didn't throw the coconut and he didn't cry. Never again would he know love for another human being that wasn't adulterated by another, contradictory emotion.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

Never be defined by what has happened to you in the past, it was just a life lesson, not a life sentence. ~ Donald Pillai

And in the fearless, reckless pursuit of intimate love, it is not the destination it's the journey.

Oh confound that gray-and-scarlet suit!" Sophie said. "I refuse to believe that I was the one that got caught with it!

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.

In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

Cleaning up with children around is like shoveling during a blizzard

You think your friends have good taste in fashion, until they ask you to wear an ugly bridesmaid dress!

Madam, you have bereft me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins.