"It interests me to imagine characters shifting from one situation and one location to another for whatever the circumstances may be."

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Jhumpa Lahiri

#Character Quotes #May Quotes #Location Quotes

“I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.”
“Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.”
“Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility .”

Source : "Song: 'Full of Humility' ('Road To Madinah')". 1998.
“Our lives are like the talents in the parable of the three stewards. It is something that has been given to us for the time being and we have the opportunity and privilege of doing our best with this precious gift.”
“Meaning can only be understood in relation to its environment. Therefore, the words only make full sense in context... There are no absolutes, there is no meaning without relationships, everything is not only interacting but interdependent. The kahunas use this idea to help give a person a powerfully secure sense of significance, while at the same time teaching him that to heal himself is to heal the world, and to heal the world is to heal himself. This is not a loss of individuality, but an understanding that individuality itself is a relationship with the environment.”
“Your liberators tell you that that your suppressors are Wilhelm, Nikolaus, Pope Gregory the Twenty Eighth, Morgan, Krupp or Ford. And your liberators are called Mussolini, Napoleon, Hitler and Stalin. I tell you: Only you yourself can be your liberator!”
“Then there is just running - I love it. I would go out and just run a 30-mile trail run if it didn't make me feel like crap for a week.”
“It's well known that actors are lousy writers.”

Source : "Memories of mischief". Interview with Sally Vincent, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2005.

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