“I don't know, said Tej. Like, I don't feel any different than I did when I was twenty. Still in Nepal. Now, I'm here. The years keep passing, but I feel the same. That's what other people are for, said the son. They're part of the litmus test. Right, said Tej. Maybe they're the ones who help us see ourselves clearer. And helping them is helping ourselves.” People Book:Palaver: A Novel Source: Palaver: A Novel
“So, the next morning, despite everything, I’m at his door. My father’s door. And then I am knocking. Waiting. It’s hard to head home without succumbing to nostalgia, standing where so many versions of yourself once stood, one of a suburb’s magical properties.” HomeFamily Book:Memorial Source: Memorial
“How often do you get to learn that lesson? That sometimes you just lose?” LossGrowing UpLearningLosing Book:Memorial Source: Memorial
“Eventually, I finally asked her what she got out of reading these books by old dead men, what the words on the page had to do with her. The kind of question an idiot asks.” ReadingLiteratureClassics Book:Lot Source: Lot
“I knew where the margins were. I could expand a little bit inside them.” ServerNew YorkerBryan Washington Author:Bryan Washington