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.

India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.

For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel.

Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns

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.

Everything is just a matter of perspective so that the quotes only half-truths .

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Everybody's got pretty good players now, more players than there've ever been. If you play poorly, you're going to get beat.

God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.

Perhaps one day I will be fortunate enough to be upset over how I misunderstood I am. A girl can dream.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

For you maybe I'm a fool but it's fun. People say you rule me with one wave of your hand. Darling, it's grand, they just don't understand.

Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.

I ask myself, 'why am I so lazy?' and am too lazy to reply.

I don't like going to cities. I don't mind maybe being in a city sometimes for a few hours, but I pretty much don't like cities. I don't even like passing through them.