“A crazy place in my mind laughs to keep the world and my heart from breaking in two.”
“That's how we keep this crazy place together - with the heart. Two hundred fuckin' languages, and a billion people. India is the heart. It's the heart that keeps us together. There's no place with people like my people, Lin. There's no heart like the Indian heart.”
“...you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy”
“He knows that you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy.”
“In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord.”
“I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place...”