Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Quotes

• “Try to remember it always,"he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where h...”
• “Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicate...”
• “My grandfather says that's what books are for,"Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To t...”
• “Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.”
• “That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”