"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 inc… - Jhumpa Lahiri

My grandfather always says that's what books are for. To travel without moving an inch.

"Try to remember it always," he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go."

How many times does a person write his name in a lifetime — a million? Two million?

As strange as it seemed, I knew in my heart that one day her death would affect me, and stranger still, that mine would affect her.