Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes
She watched his lips forming the words, at the same time she heard them under her skin, under her winter coat, so near and full of warmth that she felt herself go hot.

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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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There was no blueprint or how-to manual for fixing a global financial meltdown, an auto crisis, two wars and a great recession, all at the same time.
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Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!'
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Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.
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You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.
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God never answers prayers. It is people who answer their own prayers by knowing how to connect and utilize the divine energy of the Creator and the God-like force in their own souls.
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I fear that I won't work in the theatre again. I'm sad about that. But I won't retire.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
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I love art, but I don't think I'm especially good at it. Fashion I think I could imagine, but I'm not really sure. I think it's easiest for me to picture myself in music.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
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Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.
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Poor Ron Paul. He means well. He really does. But there's something about him. I don't know what it is. From falling victim to Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno to that old-man shuffle, he just seems like kind of a... like kind of a sissy.
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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.
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'The Merchant of Venice' is a straightforward, clear story, while 'The Winter's Tale,' as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot.
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She watched his lips forming the words, at the same time she heard them under her skin, under her winter coat, so near and full of warmth that she felt herself go hot.