Interpreter Of Maladies Quotes

#1. The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.

Karen Thompson Walker

#2. Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story.

Jhumpa Lahiri

#3. Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back' to the person you were. Even if such a possibility did exist ... why would you want to?

Dave Sim

#4. The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.

Jean Cocteau

#5. It is difficult to discuss history, and more difficult to talk about now, today, even simple things.

Thabo Mbeki

#6. In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time.

Jhumpa Lahiri

#7. What is love? Imagine a helium balloon tied down and then you cut the ropes on a windy day. That is love.

Chloe Thurlow

#8. I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break.

Toni Braxton

#9. Cautious reticence is, in nine cases out of ten, cowardly betrayal. The best policy is never to be politic, but to proclaim every atom of the truth so far as God has taught it to you.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon