I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniGirls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniOr is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment?
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniI tried to hold on to this compassion, sensing its preciousness, but even as I reached to grasp it, it dissipated into wisps. No revelation can endure unless it is bolstered by a calm pure mind- and I'm afraid I didn't possess that.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniLooking back, I could not point to one special time and say, There! That's what is amazing. We can change completely and not recognize it. We think terrible events have made us into stone. But love slips in like a chisel - and suddenly it is an ax, breaking us into pieces from the inside.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni