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Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: When you write on your own, you can

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Why couldn't she be part of that family?

Why couldn't she be part of that family? rent a room in someone else's life. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Never again would he know love for a

Never again would he know love for a human being that wasn't adulterated by another, contradictory emotion. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: It was a terrible thing to be awake

It was a terrible thing to be awake while some people flew, carrying the world over his head, and others slept, claiming it from under his feet. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Chris Lehane: People evaluate you in terms of how you

People evaluate you in terms of how you handle things going forward. — Chris Lehane

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Sadness was so claustrophobic.

Sadness was so claustrophobic. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: The cow was not an Indian cow; therefore

The cow was not an Indian cow; therefore it was not holy? — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: New York is a lovely city. It is

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Don't be scared, puppy dog, little frog, little

Don't be scared, puppy dog, little frog, little duck, duckie dog. It's just rain. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: The Himalayas rose layer upon layer until those

The Himalayas rose layer upon layer until those gleaming peaks proved a man to be so small that it made sense to give it all up, empty it all out. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Nyrae Dawn: I felt the water rising enough to touch

I felt the water rising enough to touch my Vans. She was worth ruing a pair of shoes over. — Nyrae Dawn

Kiran Desai Quotes By Jim Rohn: Some people read so little they have rickets

Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind. — Jim Rohn

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Could fulfillment be felt as deeply as loss.

Could fulfillment be felt as deeply as loss. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: When you build on lies, you build strong

When you build on lies, you build strong and solid. It was the truth that undid you. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: I don't think you can write according to

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Umberto Eco: I think a book should be judged 10

I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it. — Umberto Eco

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: We think of immigration as a Western issue

We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel

I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: The present changes the past. Looking back you

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: A journey once begun, has no end

A journey once begun, has no end — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: She'd have to propel herself into the future

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: She had been mistaken - she was only

She had been mistaken - she was only the center to herself, as always, and a small player playing her part in someone else's story. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: No fruit dies so vile and offensive a

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: it was just fate in the way fate

it was just fate in the way fate has of providing the destitute with a greater quota of accidents for which nobody can be blamed. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Writing, for me, means humility. It's a process

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: I do think that the modern India does

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: You can catch more flies with honey than

You can catch more flies with honey than with sour milk — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: Should humans conquer the mountain or should they

Should humans conquer the mountain or should they wish for the mountain to possess them? — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to

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

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: What was a country but the idea of

What was a country but the idea of it? — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: The publishing world is very timid. Readers are

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By Kiran Desai: I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor.

I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. — Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai Quotes By John Burns: For the moment and for some time great

For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way. — John Burns