My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.

My father is an amazing man.

We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Estranged from the tribe that gives no protection, What happens to the soul that hates its reflection?

The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it's the worst sort of précis of who we are.

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.