Swagatam Deva Nath

“When those we love die, they live on inside us. Like a hundred little flames.”
― Preeti Shenoy

“Because life is like that, isn't it? One cannot stop its ebb and flow. You step into the current and whatever's in your path will cross you and touch you and sometimes stay.”
― Janice Pariat, The Nine-Chambered Heart

“I imagine you waiting, like when I first found you, for someone to lead you out to where all rivers end, to the sea.”
― Janice Pariat, Boats on Land

“I grow jealous of your memories because those are times in your life i will never be a part of, and i imagine them large and exuberant in your head.”
― Janice Pariat, The Nine-Chambered Heart