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There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2) QUOTES

There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2) QUOTES

1 " She was constantly being forced to think of herself as the before picture, but when she spoke to her cousin, she saw that the after picture could include her just as she was right now. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

2 " Eating was so fraught when you were fat: If you ate something unhealthy, thin people would say it was no wonder you were fat. But if you ate something healthy, they’d roll their eyes, laugh, and say, “Yeah, right. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

3 " There were few things that made her feel lonelier than conversations with her own mother. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

4 " But with Sweetie time passed in gentle waves. A conversation with her was like a warm hug and a cup of hot coca on a cold day – comforting, familiar, a place you never wanted to leave "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

5 " Tina auntie had a rating system of the prettiest desi girls and handsomest desi boys in her head at all times. She was like a walking Indian version of People magazine. Needless to say, Sweetie did not rank anywhere on her list. In fact, she was probably on some anti-list of some kind, knowing Tina auntie. “Top Ten Fat Feminist Desi Girls to Keep Your Boys Away from Before They Go Over to the Dark Side” or “Five Girls Whose Bodies Do Not Match Their Pretty Faces—BEWARE. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

6 " If the word “fat” makes you cringe, I hope you’ll stop and examine why that is. What do you think when you see the word “thin”? My guess is nothing, or at least, nothing bad. So then, is there anything inherently wrong with being fat? Or have we just been conditioned to see the words “worthless” or “lazy” or “bad” instead of “fat”? "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

7 " Amma … I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but I’m a feminist too.” Amma stared at her, her eyes wide in horror. She didn’t notice when the red floral dupatta of her salwar kameez slipped off one shoulder. “Sweetie! Feminists don’t get married. Stop that nonsense.” Sweetie did laugh then, openly. “Amma, what the heck are you talking about? Feminists can do whatever they want. They just want equal rights for women. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

8 " When you lose weight, mol, you will be a suitable match for him.” Sweetie knew in her heart that she was good enough for Ashish just as she was. But why couldn’t her own mother see that? “I’m … I’m sorry you’re so ashamed of me,” she said quietly. “But I’m not ashamed of myself.” Her eyes burned with tears. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

9 " No. It’s not. When I walk down the road, people immediately make judgments about me based on my body size. That doesn’t happen to you guys, no matter how self-conscious you might be about your bodies. You’re still thin, and you get to exist in spaces without constantly being found wanting. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

10 " (H)e though, Life can't get any more perfect than this.
But they were young, and it did. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

11 " The one thing she’d always had, the one thing she’d hung on to in spite of everything she’d been told about herself—that she was ugly, that she was lazy, that no one would love her until she was thin, that she wasn’t a serious athlete because she was fat—was her self-respect. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

12 " Achchan would make these random comments, just interject them into the silence. Like, “Oh! Bob’s Air-Conditioning!” because he’d literally seen a billboard and wanted to talk about it since that was better than what was going on in the car. Sweetie would’ve laughed if she hadn’t been so pissed off. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)

13 " No, she just stomped on your heart and used the pieces for confetti at her I-have-a-new-boyfriend party. "

― Sandhya Menon , There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi, #2)