"A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be."
"One of the reasons why we crave love, & seek it so desperately, is that love is the only cure for loneliness, & shame, & sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. And some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you."
"I was going through deep and silent water. Nothing and no-one could make me happy. Nothing and no-one could make me sad. I was tough. Which is probably the saddest thing you can say about a man."
"There is a difference between the dishonest bribe and the honest bribe. The dishonest bribe is the same in every country, but the honest bribe is Indias alone. - Didier Levy"
"Thats how we keep this crazy place together - with the heart.... India is the heart. Its the heart that keeps us together. Theres no place with people, like my people, Lin. Theres no heart like the Indian heart."
"Fate gives all of us three teachers, three friends, three enemies, and three great loves in our lives. But these twelve are always disguised, and we can never know which one is which until weve loved them, left them, or fought them."
"I stood in the harsh electric light of that new tunnel, in Bombays Arthur Road Prison, and I wanted to laugh. Hey guys, I wanted to say, cant you be a little more original? But I couldnt speak. Fear dries a mans mouth, and hate strangles him. Thats why hate has no great literature: real fear and real hate have no words."