The Dandelions Have It Quotes

“You can be anything you deeply want to be, Q. But friendships don’t take away your identity, they add beauty and joy to your life.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It

“So that's what a heart looks like, inside us?’
‘Yes. Humans have a habit of leaving their hearts everywhere... On tree barks, ancient temples, solitary caves. Sometimes they even give it away to the wrong person. Remember, Q, if you must give your heart away, give it to the one who can hold it well. For the heart is a very fragile thing: held too tight, life seeps out of it. Held too loose, it withers from longing.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It

“What are humans?’ Quillo asked. Lonī gave it some thought. He had not figured humans out fully, despite his years on earth. ‘The humans I have seen? Well, those are two-legged, feeble animals. They eat even if they are not hungry, and take up more space than they need. Not very friendly. We don’t mingle.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It

“A tree just sat wherever it had grown, quietly drinking from the earth and immersed in its own sense of peace. It did not count days and months and years and decades at all. It lived by the seasons, and the changing rhythms of its heart. The soul of a tree knew how to just ‘be’, and by just being, gave shade and joy to everyone.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It

“Are we characters in a story? Are we not real?’
‘We are real if we choose to be, Whoo. We get to change our story; make it take a different
turn. Or we could just stay quiet and watch things happen to us.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It