“She liked the way a ray of mild autumn sun infiltrating the thick cluster of trees caught a reddish orange leaf swirling in the wind and transformed it golden yellow. She liked that it wasnt a leaf...”

“Where are the coconut trees bowing allegiance to the wind, the wide open spaces, the verdant green fields?”

“But hes an untouchable, Shirin. Hes my Untouchable Prince Charming, then. Only I am allowed to touch him.”

“Theres a great drought in my village. People are dying. The price of rice and pulses has rocketed. There is no water anywhere. And here, people are complaining about the rain...”

“What am I doing here, Reena? Why am I dancing to the tunes of that old hag?You are saving your family.”

“Have you been reading those books that clueless illiterate Duja in charge of the lending library lets you borrow? No, Ma. Then what put you in mind of devils possessing nuns to take over the church?”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”

“Humour sustains us during failure; more so after success, when we're prone to fail that much more, daring abyss, pumped up with success.”

“I wish you all the best in life. Hell, I will even write your obituary for free.”

“I love religious nuts. They make me remember I have them too. So, being a health nut, I scratch them religiously. Just as I do my butt.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”