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121 " Why are you attracted to self-sabotage? I "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , Before We Visit the Goddess
122 " And under it all, earth waited with her lead-filled veins, impatient to shrug herself clean. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Mistress of Spices
123 " Open yourself to the sight, and it will show you what you need to know. But never attempt to bend it to your will. Never pry into a particular life that has been brought to your care. That is to break trust. "
124 " American-Statesman "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Vine Of Desire (Anju and Sudha, #2)
125 " Maybe it was that sense that comes to us all at some point in the growing-up process, that we are separate from our parents and must suffer our own lives, with our own sorrows. Or maybe it was something simpler, a childish spite, Let her hurt like I’m hurting. And then the light changed and she started driving again. "
126 " expectations are like hidden rocks in your path, all they do is trip you up. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Palace of Illusions
127 " Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path—all they do is trip you up. . "
128 " They say in the old tales that when a man and a woman exchange looks the way we did, their spirits mingle. Their gaze is a rope of gold binding each to the other. Even if they never meet again, they carry a little of the other with them always. They can never forget, and they can never be wholly happy again. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
129 " And have you come to set me free finally, Govinda?” he asked. “Have I paid sufficiently for my theft? "
130 " You did what you were supposed to. Played your part perfectly. "
131 " The herbs and chants weren’t working because of my anger towards Ram. In some dark part of my soul, I wanted him to suffer. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Forest of Enchantments
132 " I don’t agree with you that the private life must be sacrificed for the public one. And that is the final advice that I leave for my children: my dearest boys, balance duty with love. Trust me, it can be done. "
133 " For isn't that what our homes are ultimately, our fantasies made corporeal, our secret selves exposed? The converse is also true: we grow to become that which we live within. "
134 " All of us groping in caverns, our fingertips raw against stone, searching for that slight crack, the edge of a door opening into love. "
― Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni , The Unknown Errors of Our Lives
135 " Most of all, I understood that things happen to us for many complicated reasons, arising from both the past and the future. "
136 " Who am I to say that small joys are less valuable than a passion which shatters your life? "
137 " If you want to stand up against wrongdoing, if you want to bring about change, do it in a way that doesn’t bruise a man’s pride. You’ll have a better chance of success. "
138 " He never wasted time, Ram, especially on things he believed he couldn’t change. "
139 " Just as you've deceived me, so will your mind deceive you. When you need the Brahmastra the most, you'll forget the mantra needed to call it up. "
140 " And this is one of the final things I learn about love: it’s found in its purest form, on this imperfect earth, between mothers and young children, because there’s nothing they want except to make each other happy. "