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10 quotes
American author of Indian origin
“Those who don't belong to any specific place can't, in fact, return anywhere.”
"In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists."
on Philosophy
"With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before"
on Childhood
"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."
on Literature
"My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch."
on Wisdom
"It's easier to surrender to confinement."
"I think that a writer should observe the real world before imagining a non-existent one."
on Writing
"Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold."
on Hope
"Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive."
on Creativity
"Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece - just different elements of belonging and not-belonging."
