Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified. 'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniWords are tricky. Sometimes you need them to bring out the hurt festering inside. If you don't, it turns gangrenous and kills you. . . . But sometimes words can break a feeling into pieces.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniMonday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.
Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniI 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 Divakaruni