Kara Paes > Kara's Quotes

“But you don’t love something because you’re blind to its faults, right? You love it despite its flaws.”
― Thrity Umrigar, Honor

“Human beings could apparently be turned into killers as effortlessly as turning a key. All one had to do was use a few buzzwords: God. Country, Religion. Honor.”
― Thrity Umrigar, Honor

“you have to learn to look inside yourself. It’s a new way of looking, to see the true you. The fire took away a lot, but it also left a lot behind. Do you understand?”
― Thrity Umrigar, Honor

“Maybe, in the end, that’s all that love was—doing the hard thing. Not roses and valentines and walks on the beach, but simply being present, day after ordinary day. The extraordinary romanticism of ordinary life.”
― Thrity Umrigar, Honor