Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Travel, Moving, Book

  "The Namesake". Book by Jhumpa Lahiri, September, 2003.

• The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Book, Firsts, Embrace

  "OPINION; My Life's Sentences" by Jhumpa Lahiri, archive.nytimes.com. March 18, 2012.

• The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace. Style and personality are irrelevant. They can be formal or casual. They can be tall or short or fat or thin. They can obey the rules or break them. But they need to contain a charge. A live current, which shocks and illuminates.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Book, Personality, Style

  "My Life’s Sentences" by Jhumpa Lahiri, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 17, 2012.

• My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Moving, Book, Opportunity

  Jhumpa Lahiri (2004). “The Namesake: A Novel”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• I dream of writing a book like LOVERS some day. It is so spare but so rich. It is history made intimate, and a masterpiece of compression.

  Jhumpa Lahiri

  Dream, Book, Writing

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