Quotes from book

The Namesake

“You are still young, free.. Do yourself a favor. Before it's too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.”

“Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.”

“One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.”

“On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.”

“She has the gift of accepting her life.”

“Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated.”

“Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it.”

“Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.”

“My grandfather always says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. “To travel without moving an inch.”

“You remind me of everything that followed.”

“Do what I will never do.”

“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.”