100 Quotes by Sonali Dev

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    But this is the only life I've ever known and I feel blessed to have it. I'm proud of it. I can understand that for a man like you this feels too out there, but you're running for governor and you should be everyone's governor, and being judgmental doesn't support that.

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    Why does she angle her head like that?""She was abandoned as a puppy. When the shelter got her, they found a maggot infestation inside her ear. Her right eardrum's permanently damaged and it messes with her balance and makes her tilt her head like that.""Poor brave girl." He leaned over and dropped another kiss on her head. Chutney let out one of her love-grunts.

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    The chicken first, because saffron is a lazier flavor in terms of how long it takes to surface and register. Then the roti, because truffle oil and fennel both can overwhelm, unless tempered by a palate already coated with a softer spice.

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    She felt a little bit worse - and a little bit better - than she had when she got here. Maybe that was the true meaning of going home.

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    Don't you think something about her is different? More responsive, more open than she's ever been?""Ashna has always had too vulnerable a heart, Shobi. That's been the problem. She feels everyone's pain and internalizes it, and wants to take it away. I think the reason she's had such a hard time with you is that she didn't know what to do with yours. She finds your rage at the world too daunting. She blames herself for it.

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    You have no idea how badly I wish you could see my life. Understand it. See me.""Across the thousands of miles you've always put between us?

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    He hadn't said a word, but his presence was a hum in the air. Exactly like the breathing of a sleeping dragon in a fairy tale.

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    Did you want me to be grateful that you're leaving?"Among other things. At first India didn't say it. Then she did.Naina looked taken aback. "Like what? Having another woman steal what's mine?"India stopped and turned to her. Was she for real?Don't engage with her.But the look on Naina's face was too superior, too entitled. "If indeed one of us is stealing what's not theirs, it isn't me.

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