Amrithaa

“You know why farmer always kills fox? Fox can never take just enough. You ever see chicken house after fox comes? Chicken house is nothing but feathers and shit. Feathers and shit everywhere. Fox sees opportunity and loses mind. Fox cannot stop killing. Fox will spend all night burying bodies. More than fox can ever eat. Why? Because fox always goes too far.”
― Tanya Thompson, Red Russia

“And because I didn’t have the moral backbone to say, “I don’t know,” I explained the whole thing to her—off the top of my head.”
― Helene Hanff, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

“Man needs money and power before he acquires mate. His value determines what is on offer.”
― Tanya Thompson, Red Russia

“My problem was that by this time the Colonel and I had already had thirty straight hours of Togetherness and I’m not equipped for it, not even with the best friend I have on earth, which he isn’t.”
― Helene Hanff, The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street