Avanthika

“Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forwards in a kind of flood?”
― Anita Desai

“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.”
― Miranda July

“பெண், விரல் நீட்டிக் குற்றம் சுமத்தினால் கடவுளையும் காமுகன் என்று உலகம் நம்பும்”
― பாலகுமாரன் (Balakumaran), தாயுமானவன் [Thayumanavan]

“The name Cleopatra wakens the world to life.”
― Carmen Boullosa, Cleopatra Dismounts