Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

We must be grateful every time we witness a new morning, feel the touch of a loved one, or are blessed with the briefest sound of life.

Nothing is enough that doesn't come with peace of mind. Nothing is enough that doesn't come with love.

The grip of her eyes is so hard that he can barely breathe. She entices him to crash into her and explore her depths. But he is already soaked in different waters.

There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97.

A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.

I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.

Thus my research on dromology, on the logic and impact of speed, necessarily implies the study of the organisation of territory.

The church was first established and organized with a world-wide mission for a world-wide work.

I relate to all of my songs and I'm inspired by everything going on around me. Music comes from all different aspects of my life.