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The Night Diary
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"The Night Diary" Quotes

A young girl navigates the challenges of the India-Pakistan partition through her diary entries.

Quotes

I think it's a good thing to have two names. Two names make it easier to understand that you can be two different people at the same time.

Veera Hiranandani

identityself-discovery

I think it's strange how a small thing can make you feel so much better.

Veera Hiranandani

gratitudepositivity

I think people really don't understand what they're doing when they're trying to be helpful.

Veera Hiranandani

misunderstandinghelpfulness

I think sometimes people just don't know how to help, so they help the only way they know how.

Veera Hiranandani

compassionmisunderstanding

We can be bigger than our fears if we choose to be.

Veera Hiranandani

courageovercoming fears

Sometimes people do things because they only know how to do them, not because they're trying to be mean.

Veera Hiranandani

compassionunderstanding

You can't really understand someone until you know their story.

Veera Hiranandani

empathyunderstanding

Sometimes people don't know how to show that they care, so they just show it the only way they know how.

Veera Hiranandani

expressing carecompassion

Do you think people can change their minds about things?

Veera Hiranandani

open-mindednesschange

I think sometimes people don't know what they're doing, so they do the only thing they know how to do.

Veera Hiranandani

compassionmisunderstanding