Queen of Dreams
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople when their dream coincides with ours, the way two cutout designs laid one on top of the other might match. But dream worlds are not static like cutouts; sooner or later they change shape, leading to misunderstanding, loneliness and loss of love.”
“Words are tricky. Sometimes you need them to bring out the hurt festering inside. If you don't, it turns gangrenous and kills you. . . . But sometimes words can break a feeling into pieces.”
“In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.”
“Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.”
“After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to explain to me that giving thanks is not a common practice in India. 'Then how do you know if people appreciated what you did?' I'd asked. 'Do you really need to know?' my father had asked back.”
“The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.”
“Or is this how humans survive, shrugging off history, immersing themselves in the moment?”
“A dream is a telegram from the hidden world...Only a fool or an illiterate person ignores it.”
“I liked his voice, rich and unself-conscious even when he forgot words and hummed to fill in the gap. What I didn't understand, I imagined, and thus it became a love song.”
“I closed my eyes and willed my breath to slow, my conscious mind to fold itself inward. I could feel heat pulsing from my daughter's head, her frantic thoughts whirling like broken glass. I loosened my hold on my body and dropped into that whirlpool.”
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Book Keywords:
gratitude, selflessness, dreams
