Aishwarya (Mindscape in Words)

“This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Lots of different ways to live and lots of different ways to die. But in the end that doesn't make a bit of difference. All that remains is a desert.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway was the best part of the day? Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person...that solitude was what one relished the most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminished doses, kept one sane?”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth