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Kiran Desai Quotes

Sadness was so claustrophobic Picture Quote #1

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly Picture Quote #1

His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed certain lines; the script was always the same, and they had no option but to beg for mercy Picture Quote #1

In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time Picture Quote #1

I’m always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, ‘I should write a cookbook’ or, ‘I should write for food magazines.’ And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again Picture Quote #1

New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans Picture Quote #1

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I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O’Connor. I read a lot of American writers Picture Quote #1

Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Picture Quote #1

A journey once begun, has no end Picture Quote #1

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind Picture Quote #1

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana Picture Quote #1

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver Picture Quote #1

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I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different Picture Quote #1

Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript Picture Quote #1

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to Picture Quote #1

Why couldn’t she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else’s life Picture Quote #1

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Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly Picture Quote #1

This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in other places, their minds thinking about people elsewhere; they could never be in a single existence at one time. How wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise Picture Quote #1

She’d have to propel herself into the future by whatever means possible or she’d be trapped forever in a place whose times had already passed Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself Picture Quote #1

All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths Picture Quote #1

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Sadness was so claustrophobic (Kiran Desai Quotes) Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly. (Kiran Desai Quotes) His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed certain lines; the script was always the same, and they had no option but to beg for mercy. (Kiran Desai Quotes) In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time (Kiran Desai Quotes) I’m always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, ‘I should write a cookbook’ or, ‘I should write for food magazines.’ And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again (Kiran Desai Quotes) New York is a lovely city. It is an easy city to go back to and an easy city to leave. Every time I go there I immediately make travel plans (Kiran Desai Quotes) I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O’Connor. I read a lot of American writers (Kiran Desai Quotes) Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? (Kiran Desai Quotes) A journey once begun, has no end (Kiran Desai Quotes) The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind (Kiran Desai Quotes) No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana (Kiran Desai Quotes) The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver (Kiran Desai Quotes) I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere (Kiran Desai Quotes) I don’t think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different (Kiran Desai Quotes) Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again (Kiran Desai Quotes) When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript (Kiran Desai Quotes) When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to (Kiran Desai Quotes) Why couldn’t she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else’s life (Kiran Desai Quotes) Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly (Kiran Desai Quotes) This way of leaving your family for work had condemned them over several generations to have their hearts always in other places, their minds thinking about people elsewhere; they could never be in a single existence at one time. How wonderful it was going to be to have things otherwise (Kiran Desai Quotes) She’d have to propel herself into the future by whatever means possible or she’d be trapped forever in a place whose times had already passed (Kiran Desai Quotes) 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 (Kiran Desai Quotes) Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself (Kiran Desai Quotes) All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths (Kiran Desai Quotes)