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The House with a Thousand Stories QUOTES

The House with a Thousand Stories QUOTES

1 " A radical love story is the only device that makes the time-chariot of a village, a city, a country, gallop faster. Such a love story pulls the wheels of that chariot from a murky, regressive past towards a spotlessly clean road under autumn-blue skies. And for that chariot to move forward, to bring change in the village, you don’t have to be conscious of being a radical. You just have to fall in love. "

― Aruni Kashyap , The House with a Thousand Stories

2 " When my cousin Anil-da started telling us what he’d heard at the market about the groom’s family, at my aunt Moina-pehi’s wedding in January 2002, his eyes shone like inky marbles reflecting sunlight. "

― Aruni Kashyap , The House with a Thousand Stories

3 " Rumours arrive at a wedding like unwanted guests "

― Aruni Kashyap , The House with a Thousand Stories

4 " There was no possibility of redemption in his tale. There wasn’t an iota of hope in it. But the truth is, life goes on and stories have to end, and yet not end—which is also one of the features of any great story. "

― Aruni Kashyap , The House with a Thousand Stories