May your heart be mine, may my heart be yours. May your sorrows be mine, may my joys be yours.

In the white marble hall of the hotel, I'm waltzing with Rajat. The music is a river and we're dancing in it. It winds against our bodies, muscular as a serpent.

It feels as though it were just yesterday Grandfather exited my life like a bullet, leaving a bleeding hole behind.

Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi, ’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

All sciences originated among the sons of Israel, the reason being the existence of prophecy among them which made their perfection in the sciences amazing.

Sharing music is not a crime. It shouldn't be. There should be a deeper meaning to making music than just selling downloads.

It's not about talent, it's about heart. It's about who can go out there and play the hardest. They're not going to give us anything, so you've got to go out there and you've got to take it.

Updike's style is an exquisite blend of Melville and Austen: reading him is like cutting through whale blubber with embroidery scissors.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.

How slowly one comes to understand anything!

I had to know at least two languages.