“There was little Hiroko Tanaka hadnt learnt about the shameful resilience of the human heart.”

“When the war's over, I'll be kind.”

“If the greatest loss of his life is the loss of a dream he's always known to be a dream, then he's among the fortunate ones.”

“Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesnt make anything less valuable.”

“Why have the English remained to English? Throughout India's history conquerors have come from elsewhere, and all of them --- Turk, Arab, Hun, Mongol, Persian --- have become Indian. If --- when --...”

“Anna thought about the men outside on the gallery. She was glad they were there; finding them smoking and talking quietly had been comforting, it was what men did in the evenings when the work was ...”

“Her arms groped forward to guide her when her tears blocked her vision in darkness. Then she couldn't run any more. She sank to her knees and began to cry in her terror. She wanted Gary.She suddenl...”

“Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urnThrows up a steamy column and the cupsThat cheer but not inebr...”

“Self-care is never selfish, but it may feel that way when you live a frenzied life.”

“And if I'd be left alone in the woods again, I smiled to think how I'd find new gifts and thrive. At the end of a long trail and the beginning of the rest of my life, I was committed to always lovi...”

“I wish that people would stop destroying other people just because they were once destroyed.”