“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” Jhumpa Lahiri book The Namesake Source: The Namesake Books , Travel
“Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.” Jhumpa Lahiri book The Namesake Source: The Namesake Life , People , Childhood
“And yet she could not forgive herself. Even as an adult, she wished only that she could go back and change things: the ungainly things she’d worn, the insecurity she’d felt, all the innocent mistakes she made.” Jhumpa Lahiri book Unaccustomed Earth Source: Unaccustomed Earth Forgiveness , Change
“That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together.” Jhumpa Lahiri book Unaccustomed Earth Source: Unaccustomed Earth
“She supposed that all those years of loving a person who was dishonest had taught her a few things.” Jhumpa Lahiri book Unaccustomed Earth Source: Unaccustomed Earth Love , Personality
“She learned that an act intended to express love could have nothing to do with it. That her heart and her body were different things.” Jhumpa Lahiri book The Lowland Source: The Lowland Love , Learning , Heart