“We arrived from New York after a daylong slog through airports and planes and traffic. It was 10: 00 p.m. local time, but my body had no idea if it was night or day. Krishna was hungry, so I found ...”

“Once in a while we burned a wok trying to make our churan, and Jima, Bhanu, or another matriarch would banish us from the kitchen. You shouldve told us, theyd say. We wouldve helped you. Youre not ...”

“Simply being born female in our society is to grow up being told your worth as a person is tied to how slim and attractive you are. Even for those of us lucky enough to have evolved parents, the me...”

“I once asked her if she was happy. That depends on what I am able to get done today, she said, laughing. She told me that the completion of her daily tasks was the only thing she felt she had contr...”

“But because divorce was so unheard of in middle-class Indian society, people looked at divorces with a sort of incredulous shock and wonder, as if they were somehow criminals. They were ostracized ...”

“Its funny to me that most of the cooking in the world is done by women, and yet when you look at modern Western cuisine, its largely based on what a few dead Frenchmen have opined to be the correct...”

“Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassu...”

“The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.”

“I know that a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania is about the most random place for a country singer to come from, but I had an awesome childhood.”

“Words are wind.”

“Words are wind, and the wind from Manderly's mouth means no more than the wind escaping his bottom.”

“I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.”

“There is no end to wonder once one starts really looking.”

“Look upon the world with loving eyes and the reflection everyone sees will contain love.”

“Go look in the mirror and have a talk with your real boss”