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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: As a writer, I have to show complexities. Through my writings, I hope to bring out people in different situations and not just one-dimensional beings. As a writer, I have to show complexities. Through my writings, I hope to bring out people in different situations and not just one-dimensional beings.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: How pride had kept them from admitting their mistakes - and How pride had kept them from admitting their mistakes - and
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: why man found himself driven to wrongdoing in spite of good intentions, Krishna replied, Because of anger and desire, our two direst enemies. why man found himself driven to wrongdoing in spite of good intentions, Krishna replied, Because of anger and desire, our two direst enemies.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I have a lot of respect and love for children's books. I have a lot of respect and love for children's books.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story. I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: To me, characters are at the heart of great literature. To me, characters are at the heart of great literature.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: She lifts a bowl of kheer and her thoughts, flittering like dusty sparrows in a brown back alley, turn a sudden kingfisher blue. She lifts a bowl of kheer and her thoughts, flittering like dusty sparrows in a brown back alley, turn a sudden kingfisher blue.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone Each person is distinct, separate. That ultimately we are each alone
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Looking down from the heights of Maslow's pyramid, it seems inconceivable to us that someone could actually prefer bread to freedom. Looking down from the heights of Maslow's pyramid, it seems inconceivable to us that someone could actually prefer bread to freedom.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: The wind blows through him, cleansing. Salt and distance, smell of the deep. The wind blows through him, cleansing. Salt and distance, smell of the deep.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Knowing yet not knowing is a strange sensation, like being split in two Knowing yet not knowing is a strange sensation, like being split in two
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: It feels as though it were just yesterday Grandfather exited my life like a bullet, leaving a bleeding hole behind. It feels as though it were just yesterday Grandfather exited my life like a bullet, leaving a bleeding hole behind.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens. I guess there's a lot we hope for that never happens.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Loving someone so deeply was dangerous. It made you too vulnerable. Loving someone so deeply was dangerous. It made you too vulnerable.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it. Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.
'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Doesn't the imagination always exaggerate - or diminish - truth? Doesn't the imagination always exaggerate - or diminish - truth?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Wisdom that isn't distilled in our own crucible can't help us. Wisdom that isn't distilled in our own crucible can't help us.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: A well-meaning man, Dhai Ma liked to say, is more dangerous because he believes in the rightness of what he does. Give me an honest rascal any day! A well-meaning man, Dhai Ma liked to say, is more dangerous because he believes in the rightness of what he does. Give me an honest rascal any day!
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Rakhi likes the comfortable clutter of her life, the things she loves gathered around her like a shawl against the winterliness of the world. Rakhi likes the comfortable clutter of her life, the things she loves gathered around her like a shawl against the winterliness of the world.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble? How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India. I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: But Krishna was a chameleon. But Krishna was a chameleon.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women. Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures. I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities. With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: When your heart is crusted over with your own pain, it is easy to feel little for others. When your heart is crusted over with your own pain, it is easy to feel little for others.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you. Your childhood hunger is the one that never leaves you.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: A dream is a telegram from the hidden world ... Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it. A dream is a telegram from the hidden world ... Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose. The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: To some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write. To some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: She who sows vengeance must reap its bloody fruit. She who sows vengeance must reap its bloody fruit.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Because ultimately only the witness and not the actors knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi) Because ultimately only the witness
and not the actors
knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Immigration was a huge force in changing my outlook. I moved to America 30 years ago. I had to reassess my beliefs, especially about women's roles. Immigration was a huge force in changing my outlook. I moved to America 30 years ago. I had to reassess my beliefs, especially about women's roles.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose. But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself. A problem becomes a problem only if you believe it to be so. And often others see you as you see yourself.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain. Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Truth, like diamond, has many facets. Truth, like diamond, has many facets.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill. I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: But truth, when it's being lived, is less glamorous than our imaginings. But truth, when it's being lived, is less glamorous than our imaginings.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Tomorrow is another day. I've got plenty of things to worry about right now. Tomorrow is another day. I've got plenty of things to worry about right now.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Everyone has a story. I don't believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing. Everyone has a story. I don't believer anyone can go through life without encountering at least one amazing thing.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books. India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Love. There's no argument, no matter how strong, that can overcome that word. Love. There's no argument, no matter how strong, that can overcome that word.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I like being myself. Maybe just slimmer, with a few less wrinkles. I like being myself. Maybe just slimmer, with a few less wrinkles.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: To upset the delicate axis of giving and receiving on which our lives are held precarious. To upset the delicate axis of giving and receiving on which our lives are held precarious.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: 'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale. 'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Sometimes she knows this from her own life to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No detours are possible. Sometimes
she knows this from her own life
to get to the other side, you must travel through grief. No detours are possible.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet! My grandfather was a very strong personality. He certainly ruled his household with an iron fist, even though it was often gloved in velvet!
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path , All they do is trip you up Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path , All they do is trip you up
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I wrote 'Mistress of Spices' at an unusual time when I had a near-death experience after the birth of my second son. I wrote 'Mistress of Spices' at an unusual time when I had a near-death experience after the birth of my second son.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: There is no conflict in looking good. You buy things you need, and then you do something good for society. There is no conflict in looking good. You buy things you need, and then you do something good for society.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I think, we all learned that when we are afraid it's easy to want to blame, and the people we want to blame are the people who don't look like I think, we all learned that when we are afraid it's easy to want to blame, and the people we want to blame are the people who don't look like us.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you. The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people ... Fennel ... smelling of changes to come. Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people ... Fennel ... smelling of changes to come.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: If it is good literature, the reader and the writer will connect. It's inevitable. If it is good literature, the reader and the writer will connect. It's inevitable.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.' Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.'
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.' In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.'
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon. Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Hope not built on reason brings disappointment only. Hope not built on reason brings disappointment only.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: There is something in human beings that loves stories. There is something in human beings that loves stories.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: We even had a different word for Christmas in my language, Bengali: Baradin, which literally meant 'big day.' We even had a different word for Christmas in my language, Bengali: Baradin, which literally meant 'big day.'
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them. I think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: A kshatriya woman's highest purpose in life is to support the warriors in her life: her father, brother, husband and sons. A kshatriya woman's highest purpose in life is to support the warriors in her life: her father, brother, husband and sons.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Push away the past, that vessel in which all emotions curdle to regret. Push away the past, that vessel in which all emotions curdle to regret.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy. Time is the great eraser, both of sorrow and of joy.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them. I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Try to remember that you are the instrument and I the doer. If you can hold on to this, no sin can touch you. Instrument, Try to remember that you are the instrument and I the doer. If you can hold on to this, no sin can touch you. Instrument,
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Ii would no longer waste time on regret. I would turn my face to the future and carve it into the shape I wanted. - Panchali Ii would no longer waste time on regret. I would turn my face to the future and carve it into the shape I wanted. - Panchali
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Ah, now I have learned how deep in the human heart vanity lies, vanity which is the other face of the fear of being unloved. Ah, now I have learned how deep in the human heart vanity lies, vanity which is the other face of the fear of being unloved.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room. To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment? Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: In your yearning you have made me into that which I am not. In your yearning you have made me into that which I am not.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript Everytime i have turned the page he re-enters my life as awkward as postscript
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: No, Ashok. Love is not a tap. It flows and flows like blood from a wound, and you can die of it. No, Ashok. Love is not a tap. It flows and flows like blood from a wound, and you can die of it.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters. Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: The mark of a wise man is that he changes his mind when he sees mistake. The mark of a wise man is that he changes his mind when he sees mistake.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: A situation in itself," he said, "is neither happy nor unhappy. It's only your response to it that causes your sorrow. A situation in itself," he said, "is neither happy nor unhappy. It's only your response to it that causes your sorrow.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking. To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: May your heart be mine, may my heart be yours. May your sorrows be mine, may my joys be yours. May your heart be mine, may my heart be yours. May your sorrows be mine, may my joys be yours.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Can our actions change our destiny? Or are they like sand piled against the breakage in a dam, merely delaying the inevitable? Can our actions change our destiny? Or are they like sand piled against the breakage in a dam, merely delaying the inevitable?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I had friends who died in the 9/11 tragedy; some of my friends lost family members in the aftermath of Godhra. I had friends who died in the 9/11 tragedy; some of my friends lost family members in the aftermath of Godhra.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: All of us groping in caverns, our fingertips raw against stone, searching for that slight crack, the edge of a door opening into love. All of us groping in caverns, our fingertips raw against stone, searching for that slight crack, the edge of a door opening into love.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: And under it all, earth waited with her lead-filled veins, impatient to shrug herself clean. And under it all, earth waited with her lead-filled veins, impatient to shrug herself clean.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness. The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Even the wisest don't know what's hidden in the depths of their being Even the wisest don't know what's hidden in the depths of their being
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: You could also call it waking,' Krishna continues. 'Or intermission, as one scene in a play ends and the next hasn't yet begun. You could also call it waking,' Krishna continues. 'Or intermission, as one scene in a play ends and the next hasn't yet begun.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainablebut I always was so, only I never knew it! I am buoyant and expansive and uncontainable
but I always was so, only I never knew it!
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone. I started writing after the death of my grandfather - memories, poems, etc. It was very personal; for years I did not share my writing with anyone.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Don't create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about. Don't create snakes out of ropes. You have enough to worry about.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: In the things we love lie clues to who we are. What we want for those we love. In the things we love lie clues to who we are. What we want for those we love.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I want people to be sensitive about how women feel and think. I want people to be sensitive about how women feel and think.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head. I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me. I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Pain, which is ultimately only like itself. Pain, which is ultimately only like itself.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Who held his cries in until red swam behind his eyelids like bleeding stars. Who held his cries in until red swam behind his eyelids like bleeding stars.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I find that it's really important for me to imagine characters and situations. That allows me a lot of freedom. I find that it's really important for me to imagine characters and situations. That allows me a lot of freedom.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Each day has a color, a smell. Each day has a color, a smell.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: Aren't we all pawns in the hands of time, the greatest player of them all? Aren't we all pawns in the hands of time, the greatest player of them all?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni quotes: I hate it when people throw away food - I've seen too many hungry people. I hate it when people throw away food - I've seen too many hungry people.

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