All the Names They Used for God Quotes

“A boy who cares more for the freedom to direct his own gaze than for the master’s anger is a rare creature indeed.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“We didn’t know yet that for us there was no such thing as just sadness, that our grief had a life of its own, an invisible mouth like a black hole that drew us inexorably closer.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“He was surrounded by the green of the seawater, and the water was full of a sound that made him feel as though he could start crying and never stop, as though his blood were turning to brine, as though the world were nothing but shades of gray.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“They are just so many stories patched together, so many forgotten days encased in bone and meat.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“I had thoughts like that the whole day, very rational thoughts, like my brain was trying to throw weight on the other side of a scale against all the madness that was happening around me.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“Her words shift within her like nervous birds. They long to go winging, and one loud noise will send the whole flock exploding outward, past the paltry gate of her tongue, into the world from whence they cannot be reclaimed.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“I pity people,” she says. “Your lives are so filled with misery. Even for one such as you it is inescapable. Sometimes this world appears to be designed for suffering. Sometimes—”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God

“You’ve brought home more money than we know what to do with,” she said. “What’s the point in making all this money if we can’t spend it? Get up.”
― Anjali Sachdeva, All the Names They Used for God