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“Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript”

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This novel explores the complex relationship between two sisters, delving into their shared experiences and individual struggles. more

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American author renowned for her rich body of work. Her writings primarily focus on themes of women, immigration, and multiculturalism, encompassing novels, poetry, and essays. more

“There was a time when I was unable to get out of bed because my body, its muscles eating themselves away, refused to sit up. There was a time when the lies rolled off my tongue with ease, when it was far more important to me to self-destruct than to admit I had a problem, let alone allow anyone to help.”

Important Self Helping Problem Body Lying Bed Eating Tongue Ease Muscles Self Destruct

Author:Marya Hornbacher

“Flora sighed. It was curious that persons who lived what the novelists called a rich emotional life always seemed to be a bit slow on the uptake.”

Persons Bits Rich Emotional Curious Novelists Flora Emotional Life Cold Comfort Farm

Book:Cold comfort farm

Source: Cold comfort farm

“I would not be young again, if you offered me the world. But then I'm prejudiced.' 'You talk,' I said, 'as if you were ninety-nine.' 'For a woman I very nearly am,' she said. 'I'm thirty five.”

Ifs World Said Young Five Nine Thirty Ninety Be Young Ninety Nine

Book:MY COUSIN RACHEL

Source: MY COUSIN RACHEL

“People who mattered could not take the humdrum world. But this was not the world, it was enchantment; and all of it was mine.”

People World Mines Enchantment Humdrum

Book:MY COUSIN RACHEL

Source: MY COUSIN RACHEL

“Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most people, it's not hard to learn, to find a pattern of thought that works and stay that way. But our minds move in a dozen different directions. We can't be confined to one way of thinking, and that terrifies our leaders. It means we can't be controlled. And it means that no matter what they do, we will always cause trouble for them.”

“Or perhaps it is just that desire lies at the heart of human existence. When we turn away from one desire, we must find another to cleave to with all our strength --or else we die.”

Humans Heart Lying Desire Dies Turns Existence Human Existence

Book:Sister of My Heart

Source: Sister of My Heart

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