My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.

Christianity is a religion in a rush.

I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

India is a place where all stories are possible. You forget that the imagination can take hold of anything and contemplate it and love it and describe it.

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.

I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end.