Quotes from Sujata Massey

I trusted you to carry out work for me, and you have abused that by feeding the widows falsehoods. You are a devil!

No legal brief could be more important than a letter from you.

I didn't have a cell phone, and as a result I hadn't thought much about what one would do with them, other than irritate people around me.

If a younger sister marries before an older brother, people will believe she had to marry for reasons of pregnancy. Every bead of her reputation will be sold.

They ignored the fact that marriage is the most serious contract that can be undertaken. Such a union should not come about without investigation. My wife and I expected we would be well acquainted with a groom and his family.

Perveen was dismayed. "Is it necessary to burn buildings to control epidemics?

Parsis say to always give the first bite of food to the dog!

After leaving Calcutta, she had pledged to herself not to disrespect her father. He'd taken her back without question, paid for her to study in England, and hired her as his employee when no other law firm in Bombay would.

Perveen knew the secret anger that came from being on the receiving end of an older woman's scorn.

The waste!" Behnoush continued her tirade, making Perveen dizzy with shame. "How could anyone—especially a rich girl like you—think of putting good fried food on such dirty paper? Five large potatoes were wasted, and the oil.