English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

Jhumpa Lahiri quote: "that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above..."

...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

Jhumpa Lahiri

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Denis Diderot quote: "The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find."
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. Denis Diderot
She'd lived through something the rest of them could never imagine. So much torture and horror that she didn't need to tell people about it. She'd never need drama or joy or pain ever again. Chuck Palahniuk
-why had she found the story so absorbing? Of course it was quite possible she hadn't. Maybe she merely preferred a novel--any novel--to reading a newspaper or chatting with the girls she worked with all day. And maybe she always read like that--with an air of having surrendered totally to a spell. James Hilton
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. Louisa May Alcott
Brian Setzer quote: "The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's."
The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's. Brian Setzer
Oscar Wilde quote: "Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we..."
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. Oscar Wilde
Epicurus quote: "Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too..."
Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little Epicurus
Bob Woodward quote: "Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls..."
Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions. Bob Woodward
Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, 'This isn't supposed to be happening this way,' and trying harder to make it happen some other way. Benjamin Hoff
Calvin Coolidge quote: "It takes a great man to be a good listener."
It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
Larry Bird quote: "I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that..."
I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. Larry Bird
I've seen it too many times in Hollywood. Talking about a relationship in public can jinx it. And if you have your picture taken together, you might as well start packing your bags. Gina Gershon
A little more and I would have fallen into the mirror trap. I avoided it, but only to fall into the window trap: with nothing to do, my arms dangling, I go over to the window. Jean-Paul Sartre
In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train. Carrie Fisher
It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery. Ludwig van Beethoven