24 Quotes by Padma Venkatraman

You don’t have to climb ladders to reach God. He dances within all He creates.

I don’t mind if you have no faith in religion, Viji. Just as long as you have faith in the goodness within yourself” -Celina Aunty.

The library was my only blessing. Every time I climbed the stairs, my heart lifted. All day, I looked forward to the happy hours I spent in that beautiful room. My guilt over appa’s fate was too heavy to carry up there, and I learned to leave it below, somewhere on the ground floor. I left the house far behind as I walked on the path paved by the books, and every evening, baby Mangalam slept soundly on the bed I made for her on the window seat.

It amazes me that there are so many different words to pray with, and so many people praying, but there is still so much misery and cruelty in the world” -Viji.

I can dance beauty into my body.

Dance isn’t about winning or losing,” he says, “it’s about enjoying how your body moves.” I.

I don’t know how you live without dreams” -Viji.

Jim was cricket practice; Govinda’s the real match. Match. Get it?

I lean into his touch. He looks shy and almost as scared as I was just feeling. I burst out laughing. Never imagined we’d share being scared the first time we went out together. “What’s so funny now?” “You. You look so frightened.” “I am frightened.” He exhales. Then smiles and slides closer to me.