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"Song of the Cuckoo Bird" Quotes
"Song of the Cuckoo Bird" traces the intertwined lives of women seeking refuge, independence, and belonging in an ashram on the outskirts of a South Indian village across several decades.
fiction | Published in 2007
Quotes
In the ashram, everyone had a story, some heavier than others, but all were searching for the same thing—a sliver of peace.
Sometimes, silence was the only answer that made sense.
You cannot escape your past, but you can choose not to let it define your future.
Grief is a river that never dries, only sometimes it flows quietly underground.
In the company of women, even the harshest truths softened.
Hope was a fragile thread, easily broken but hard to abandon.
A home is not just walls and a roof, but the stories that echo within them.
Forgiveness was a seed that grew only when watered with understanding.
No matter how far you run, the heart remembers the way back.
Sometimes, the greatest bravery is simply to endure.