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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I’d also say I’m not a ‘white’ immigrant; a South Asian’s experience is different than, say, a European immigrant’s Picture Quote #1

Two great and terrible truths of war are these: War is easy to enter into, but difficult to end. And ultimately, in war there are no winners Picture Quote #1

As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity Picture Quote #1

I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone Picture Quote #1

The Moonstone’ was all I could have hoped for. A mysterious, cursed jewel, wrested from India, only to be stolen later from a great British mansion. Enigmatic, dangerous priests who follow it across the ocean in hopes of wresting it back Picture Quote #1

I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works Picture Quote #1

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I’m a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place Picture Quote #1

Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck Picture Quote #1

Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake it inside out. Day of suicide, day of murder Picture Quote #1

I liked his voice, rich and unself-conscious even when he forgot words and hummed to fill in the gap. What I didn’t understand, I imagined, and thus it became a love song Picture Quote #1

I tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation can endure unless it is bolstered by a calm pure mind- and I’m afraid I didn’t possess that Picture Quote #1

Everytime I have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript Picture Quote #1

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India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books Picture Quote #1

A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time Picture Quote #1

Everyone has a story. I don’t believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing Picture Quote #1

I came into Chicago in winter - I’d never been so cold in my life! I was very homesick, and a poor student at that time. America seemed so different and so filled with amazing things - and almost all of them were out of my reach Picture Quote #1

The ancient world is always accessible, no matter what culture you come from. I remember when I was growing up in India and I read the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey.’ Picture Quote #1

Tomorrow is another day. I’ve got plenty of things to worry about right now Picture Quote #1

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Each day has a color, a smell Picture Quote #1

Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment? Picture Quote #1

I guess there’s a lot we hope for that never happens Picture Quote #1

... don’t create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about Picture Quote #1

Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you Picture Quote #1

Often, others see you, as you see yourself Picture Quote #1

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The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness Picture Quote #1

A dream is a telegram from the hidden world... Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it Picture Quote #1

Above us our palace waits, the only one I’ve ever needed. Its walls are space, its floor is sky, its center everywhere. We rise; the shapes cluster around us in welcome, dissolving and forming again like fireflies in a summer evening Picture Quote #1

Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon Picture Quote #1

The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you Picture Quote #1

Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople when their dream coincides with ours, the way two cutout designs laid one on top of the other might match. But dream worlds are not static like cutouts; sooner or later they change shape, leading to misunderstanding, loneliness and loss of love Picture Quote #1

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America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I’d also say I’m not a ‘white’ immigrant; a South Asian’s experience is different than, say, a European immigrant’s. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Two great and terrible truths of war are these: War is easy to enter into, but difficult to end. And ultimately, in war there are no winners. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) The Moonstone’ was all I could have hoped for. A mysterious, cursed jewel, wrested from India, only to be stolen later from a great British mansion. Enigmatic, dangerous priests who follow it across the ocean in hopes of wresting it back. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I’m a very senses-oriented person, and I want to bring readers in on the level of the senses, so they can experience another culture and another place. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake it inside out. Day of suicide, day of murder (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I liked his voice, rich and unself-conscious even when he forgot words and hummed to fill in the gap. What I didn’t understand, I imagined, and thus it became a love song (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation can endure unless it is bolstered by a calm pure mind- and I’m afraid I didn’t possess that (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Everytime I have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Everyone has a story. I don’t believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I came into Chicago in winter - I’d never been so cold in my life! I was very homesick, and a poor student at that time. America seemed so different and so filled with amazing things - and almost all of them were out of my reach. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) The ancient world is always accessible, no matter what culture you come from. I remember when I was growing up in India and I read the ‘Iliad’ and the ‘Odyssey.’ (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Tomorrow is another day. I’ve got plenty of things to worry about right now. (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Each day has a color, a smell (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment? (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) I guess there’s a lot we hope for that never happens (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) ... don’t create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Often, others see you, as you see yourself (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) A dream is a telegram from the hidden world... Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Above us our palace waits, the only one I’ve ever needed. Its walls are space, its floor is sky, its center everywhere. We rise; the shapes cluster around us in welcome, dissolving and forming again like fireflies in a summer evening (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes) Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople when their dream coincides with ours, the way two cutout designs laid one on top of the other might match. But dream worlds are not static like cutouts; sooner or later they change shape, leading to misunderstanding, loneliness and loss of love (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes)

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