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“Wasn't sanity like beauty, in the eye of the beholder?”
― Parini Shroff, The Bandit Queens

“Suchi knew now that home wasn't a place. It wasn't moments that could be pinned down. It was people, people who share the same ghosts as you, folks long gone, places long disappeared. People who knew you, saw you, loved you. When those people were far-flung, your home was too. And when those people were gone, home lived on inside of you.”
― Karissa Chen, Homeseeking

“Without access to information, ordinary citizens will always be caged in dark rooms, only able to believe whatever people on the outside tell them is true.”
― Karissa Chen, Homeseeking

“That’s why I read all kinds of papers, to see what each one says. So I can compare. I consider not just what they’re saying but how they’re saying it. And I measure what they’re saying against what I know of the world, what I’ve seen and experienced with my own eyes, what I’ve learned about human nature and history. I don’t ingest words like I’m a hollow gourd.”
― Karissa Chen, Homeseeking