And yet she could not forgive herself. Even as an adult, she wished only that she could go back and change things: the ungainly things sheโd worn, the insecurity sheโd felt, all the innocent mistakes she made.
Jhumpa LahiriFor that story, I took as my subject a young woman whom I got to know over the course of a couple of visits. I never saw her having any health problems - but I knew she wanted to be married.
Jhumpa LahiriThe thought of Christmas overwhelms him. He no longer looks forward to the holiday; he wants only to be on the other side of the season. His impatience makes him feel that he is incontrovertibly, finally, an adult.
Jhumpa Lahiri