Kiran Desai Quotes

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The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.

The Indian diaspora is a wonderful place to write from, and I am lucky to be part of it.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.

The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.

A journey once begun, has no end

A journey once begun, has no end

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to.

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as far as you need to.

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.

No fruit dies so vile and offensive a death as the banana.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

Sadness was so claustrophobic.

She'd have to propel herself into the future by whatever means possible or she'd be trapped forever in a place whose times had already passed.

She'd have to propel herself into the future by whatever means possible or she'd be trapped forever in a place whose times had already passed.

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If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.

If we trace the history of any nation backwards into the past, we come at last to a period of myths and traditions which eventually fade away into impenetrable darkness.

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