Authors — Quotes

Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes: 6

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.
The Namesake
Try to remember it always,"he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.
The Namesake
Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.
The Namesake
Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.
The Namesake
My grandfather says that's what books are for,"Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.
The Namesake
There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding.
Unaccustomed Earth