“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
Quelle: The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri Vourvoulias ist eine US-amerikanische Autorin indischer Abstammung. Viele ihrer Kurzgeschichten haben Leben und Probleme von Indo-Amerikanern, insbesondere Bengalen, zum Thema. 2000 wurde sie mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet. Wikipedia
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
Quelle: The Namesake
“In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.”
Quelle: The Lowland
“Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it.”
Quelle: The Namesake
“Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.”
Variante: Remember it always. Remember that you and I made this journey and went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.
Quelle: The Namesake
“Sexy means loving someone you do not know.”
Quelle: Interpreter of Maladies
“Isolation offered its own form of companionship”
Quelle: The Lowland
“With her own hand she'd painted herself into a corner, and then out of the picture altogether.”
Quelle: The Lowland
“War will bring the revolution; revolution will stop the war”
Quelle: The Lowland
“With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before”
Quelle: The Lowland
“A woman who had fallen out of love with her life”
Quelle: Interpreter of Maladies