#elf

I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#comparison #get #i #inevitable #interested

I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#first #give #i #myself #number

At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#attention #began #book #father #i

I don't know why, but the older I get the more interested I get in my parents' marriage. And it's interesting to be married yourself, too, because there is an inevitable comparison. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#comparison #get #i #inevitable #interested

Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#book #even #i #interpreter #itself

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

#accomplish #develop #hunger #our dreams #responsibility

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#aging #care #fight #good #i

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#different #different roles #doing #excitement #left

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#i #like #myself #something #stretch

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#capabilities #challenges #confident #face #faced