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

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Source : "The publishing world is pretty heinous: Kiran Desai". Interview with Nabanita Sircar, www.indiatoday.in. October 30, 2006.

Kiran Desai

#Writing Quotes #Lucky Quotes #Diaspora Quotes

“I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.”
“I make sure to keep a good distance between us, just in case she decides to get happy with a knife or something.”
“There is a ripple effect to the gospel thatâ€™s inevitable. Thereâ€™s a ripple effect to true grace. It doesnâ€™t lead us to only sit and contemplate what hap- pened to us. It leads us to proclaim whatâ€™s happened to usâ€”and what can happen to anybody and everybody on the planet.”
“Remember that "needing" something to change will always flow negative energy and hold it to you. Finding a way to become excited about what it will be changing into will flow positive energy and get the desired revisions started.”

Source : Lynn Grabhorn (2009). “Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings”, p.90, Hampton Roads Publishing
“Accidents can happen at any time.”

Source : Source: www.sbnation.com
“Birth is the scariest event of most peoples' lives. You have to feel safe enough in your own mind before you can remember your own birth.”
“The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.”
“If you want to pray at a town hall meeting or a school board meeting or in the halls of Congress, that ought to be acceptable in the United States.”

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