“Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? Its like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. Its like sitting in a racing car but not driving it.”

“How can such scary looking parents create something so cute?”

“The word future and females is a dangerous combination.”

“Because knowledge is not for showing off. If I do good work, people should notice me.”

“Forgiving doesn't make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better.”

“We sat on the floor for dinner. Ananya's father passed me a banana leaf. I wondered if i had to eat it or wipe my hands with it.”

“To know India and her peoples, one has to know the monsoon. one has to know the monsoon. It is not enough to read about it in books, or see it on the cinema screen, or hear someone talk about it. I...”

“If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there's room to hear more subtle th...”

“Sometimes a rut can be a comfortable place to be, but ours was full of too many differences and resentments to be wholly comfortable. I had always had my own way in the marriage about what wed do,...”