62 Quotes by Thrity Umrigar

After all, a girl's biggest asset is her virtue.

All the tears shed in the world, where do they go? she wondered. If one could capture all of them, they could water the parched, drought-stricken fields in Gopal's village and beyond. Then perhaps these tears would have value and all this grief would have some meaning. Otherwise, it was all a waste, just an endless cycle of birth and death; of love and loss

She always imagined that evil played out on a large canvas- wars, concentration camps, gas chambers, the partitioning of nations. Now she realized that evil had a domestic side, and its very banality protected it from exposure.

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you’re in a beautiful place and the sun is going down.

Liquor is the kiss of the angels as well as the curse of the devil. It can conceal but also can reveal.

All these tears shed in the world, where do they go? If one could capture all of them, they could water the parched. Then perhaps these tears would have value and all this grief would have some meaning. Otherwise, it was all a waste, just an endless cycle of birth and death; of love and loss.

Think of how far you’ve come,” Maggie said softly. “And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go.

So all I’m saying is, everything that seems important – our quarrels, or philosophical differences – in the end, it doesn’t matter much. You know? In the end, what matters is what remains.

If I could remove fear from my life, uproot it, who would I be? she wonders. What would it feel like to live for today and let the future remain in the future? How much lighter her burdens would seem.