Box of Lies Quotes

“I think I like it here. Alone. I have no one to talk to, and nothing to say.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“This is not where I was meant to be. Born to the wrong house, by a stroke of misfortune. The girls here have it all. Men in whorehouses exist only to serve. We are their guards, tailors, cooks and their musicians. Forever in the shadows. If only I could be a woman. With soft hands, big breasts and long hair. To have men fawn all over me, to see them rise and fall. Alas, but all I have is small feet.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Why should I be afraid of a little blood, I bleed a little every month and never die.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“It is not really my son’s fault, after all what can he do. Gambling is an inherited disease, who is he to fight it. Generations before him have succumbed to the rush of excitement, the lure of teasing fate, the brief moment of uncertainty and the prospect of an easy win. It needs no skill, not much effort and certainly no talent - only a deep wallet and a strong heart.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Soft, creamy mud clings to my hands. It creeps into my skin and now flows with my blood. How can I ever be rid of it.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“So who will I get today?’ asked one eagerly,
‘The most beautiful of them all,’ chuckled the eunuch.
‘What is she called?’
‘Phulwati, Mrignaini, Meethi, Champa...’
Hira began reciting the poetic list of names. Little did the boys know that the whores down below were bald, toothless hags, some marked with pox, others filled with pus. The warm blanket of darkness made them all beautiful.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Days passed slowly and the hours took even longer.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“If only I could be a woman. With soft hands, big breasts and long hair. To have men fawn all over me, to see them rise and fall. Alas, but all I have is small feet.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“What will he do?’
‘Every man has different needs.’
‘What should I do?’
Chumki shrugged, ‘Lie under him and count the stars.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“What is real, what is not. Who can tell. We inhabit different worlds.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“Things change. As they are meant to. Nothing remains the same. Not the flesh on my hands, nor the smile on his face.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love

“The wall between the two worlds is thin. Spirits roam.”
― Ekta Kumar, Box of Lies: A Love Story, Without Love