Asha Iyer Kumar > Asha's Quotes

“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don’t have to make speeches. Just believing is usually enough.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Because a time comes in every man's life when he decides what sort of man he's going to be: the kind who lets other people walk all over him, or not.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“What is the point of literature? I think that the person who asks that question will not find my answer convincing anyway”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart

“You have to talk about the things that cause you pain.”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart

“This is the burden we all have to bear, to live a useful life,”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart

“memory of her grief,”
― Abdulrazak Gurnah, Gravel Heart