Suketu Mehta Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“A city like Bombay, like New York, that is a recent creation on the planet and does not have a substantial indigenous population, is full of restless people. Those who have come here have not been at ease somewhere else. And unlike others who may have been equally uncomfortable wherever they came from, these people got up and moved. As I have discovered, having once moved, it is difficult to stop moving.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#New York #Moving #Cities
“It was when I realised I had a new nationality: I was in exile. I am an adulterous resident: when I am in one city, I am dreaming of the other. I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#Dream #Country #Cities
“And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Brahmin or untouchable or whether you were born in this city or arrived only this morning or whether you live in Malabar Hill or New York or Jogeshwari; whether youâ€™re from Bombay or Mumbai or New York. All they know is that youâ€™re trying to get to the city of gold, and thatâ€™s enough. Come on board, they say. Weâ€™ll adjust.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#Christian #Morning #New York
“Each personâ€™s life is dominated by a central event, which shapes and distorts everything that comes after it and, in retrospect, everything that came before.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#Shapes #Retrospect #Events
“In the looking, I found the cities within me.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#Cities #Found
“I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing.”
-- Suketu Mehta

#Country #Citizens #Longing

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Suketu Mehta Quote I Am An Exile Citizen Of The Country Of Longing

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