The God of Small Things

"Beauty and cruelty often walk hand in hand."

"He understood that some choices unmake a life."

"The house had absorbed decades of sorrow into its walls."

"Some bonds cannot be broken, only frayed."

"Justice is a luxury they could not afford."

"The river knew all their secrets."

"She carried her loneliness like a stone in her pocket."

"Memory is a curious thing. It distorts as it preserves."

"He was a man undone by his own desires."

"The air itself seemed to hold its breath."

"She knew that some griefs were too large for words."

"In the end, we're all just trying to survive."

"The world broke everyone, and afterward, many were strong at the broken places."

"She had learned long ago that people were not what they seemed."

"History is shaped by small things. Small, invisible things."

"The way he looked at her made her feel like she was the only woman in the world."

"She was not old. She was ancient."

"To sleep perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub."

"The past is just another country and they do things differently there"

"Everything changes, and nothing can stop it."

"Small gods require small sacrifices."

"The body remembers what the mind forgets."

"God can be called many things by many people."

"Dreams are the only freedom we're allowed."

"The world divides people into groups. Some belong, some don't."

"Time stops for no one, but it can feel like it does."

"Small acts of kindness change everything."

"The river carries secrets downstream."

"Some wrongs cannot be righted by the law."

"Paradise is a thing of the past."