Quotes from Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

It's easier to surrender to confinement.