The Namesake Quotes

On a sticky August even surface deuce weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the of a Central unc crudeed apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in a bowl. She adds salt, lemon juice, thin slices of green chili pepper, whishing there were must(prenominal)ard oil to add to the mix. p. 1 ? Like a kiss or a cargonss in a Hindi movie, a husbands pee-pee is something intimate and therefore unspoken, cl eerly patched over. p. 2 ? Do yourself a favor. Before its too late, without thinking too frequently about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and memorise as much of the world as you can. You lead not trouble it. peerless day it willing be too late. p. 16 ? He was tranquillise clutching a page of The Overcoat, crumpled tightly in his fist, and when he raised his hand the wad of papers dropped from his fingers. p. 18 ? Ashima agency she who is limitless, without borders. Ashoke, the name of an emperor, means he who tran scends grief. p. 26 ? On more than one occasion he has come home from the university to find her morose, in bed, rereading her parents letters. Early mornings, when he senses that she is quiet crying, he puts an arm around her, but can think of zippo to say, feeling that it is his fault, for marrying her, for bringing her here. p. 33 ? For thirty- common chord years, she missed her life in India. Now she will miss her job at the library, the women with whom shes worked. She will miss throwing parties She will miss the country in which she had grown to spot and love her husband. Though his ashes feed been scattered in the Ganges, it is here, in this dwelling house and in this town, that he will continue to dwell in her mind. p. 279 ? When Ashima and Ashoke hump their sons pet named typed on the label of a ethical drug for antibiotics, when they see it at the top of his immunization record, it doesnt look dear pet names arent meant to be made public in this way. p. 36 ? The wives, homesick and bewildered, turn to Ashima for recipes and advice, and she tells them about the carp thats sold in Chinatown, that its possible to make halwa from Cream of Wheat They drink tea with swag and evaporated milk and eat shrimp cutlets fried in saucepans. p. 38 ? notwithstanding then(prenominal), forced at six months to con former his destiny, does he begin to cry. p. 40 ? Mrs. Jones leads a life that Ashokes mother would consider humiliating have alone, driving herself to work in snow and sleet, seeing her children and grandchildren, at most, three or four times a year. p. 48 ? For being a foreigner, Ashima is beginning to realize, is a sort of a lifelong pregnancya perpetual wait, a constant burden, a continuous feeling out of sorts. p. 49 ? Each day Ashoke is pained by the half-eaten sandwiches people cast away in the garbage cans on campus, apples abandoned after one or two bites. Finish it, Gogol. At your age, I ate tin. p. 55 ? The name, Nikhil, is tr ickily connected to the old one. Not only is it a perfectly expert Bengali good name, meaning he who is entire, encompassing all, but it besides bears a satisfying resemblance to Nikolai, the first name of the Russian Gogol. p. 56 ? He is afraid to be Nikhil, someone he does not know. Who doesnt know him. p. 57 ? For their daughter, good name and pet name are one and the same Sonali, meaning she who is golden. p. 62 ? It doesnt bother him that his name is neer an option on key chains or alloy pins or refrigerator magnets Though substitute teachers at school endlessly pause, looking apologetic when they arrive at his name on the roster, forcing Gogol to war cry out, before even being summoned, Thats me, teachers in the school remains know not to give it a second thought. p. 66-67 ? Gogol is old plentiful to know that there is no Ganguli here. He is old enough to know that he himself will be burned, not buried, that his body will bear on no plot of earth, that no stone in this country will bear his name beyond life. p. 69 ? For by now, hes come to hate questions pertaining to his name, hates having constantly to explain. He hates having to tell people that it doesnt mean anything in in Indian. p. 76 ? His parents expect him to be, if not an engineer, then a doctor, a lawyer, an economist at the very least. p. 105 ? Her delay for these details flatters him it occurs to him that he has never spoken of his experiences in India to any American friend. p. 112 ? That they had an arranged marriage, that his mother cooks Indian food everyday, that she wears saris and a bindi. p. 138 ? He cannot hazard his parents sit down at Lydia and Geralds t adequate to(p), enjoying Lydias cooking, appreciating Geralds wine selection. He cannot imagine them contributing to one of their dinner ships company conversations.And yet here he is, night after night, a acceptable addition to the Ratliffs universe, doing just that. p. 141 ? That they will not be able to t ouch or kiss each other in front of his parents, that there will be no wine with eat. p. 145 ? .. the lunch is set out, too rich for the weather. Along with the samosas, there are breaded weakly interacting massive particle cutlets, chickpeas with tamarind sauce, lamb biryani, chutney made with tomatoes from the garden. It is a meal he knows it has taken his mother over a day to prepare, and yet the occur of effort embarrasses him. p. 148 ? He is overly aware that they are not utilize to passing things around the table, or to chewing food with their mouths completely closed. They quash their eyes when Maxine accidentally leans over to run her hand through her hair. p. 149 ? One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist. p. 167 ? Remember that you and I made this journey, that we went together to a place where there was nowhere left(a) to go. p. 187 ? When she was only five years old, she was asked by her relatives if she planned to get matrimonial in a red sari or a albumen gown. p. 213 ? Arent you going to arrange a wedding for her? p. 213 ? He thinks of his parents, strangers until this moment, two people who had not spoken until after they were actually wed. Suddenly sitting next to Moushumi, he realizes what it means, and he is astonished by his parents courage, the obedience that must have been involved in doing such a thing. p. 222 ? Waking up every morning with a pillow pressed over her head. p. 229 ? He admires her, even resents her a little, for having moved to another country and made a separate life.He realizes that this is what their parents had done in America. What he, in all likelihood, will never do. p. 233 ? Its the one thing about her parents lives she truly admirestheir ability, for better or for worse, to turn their backs on their homes. p. 254 ? Gogol has nothing to say to these people. He doesnt aid about their dissertation topics, or their dietary restrictions, or the color of their walls. p. 237 ? in that locations no s uch thing as a perfect name. I think human beings should be allowed to name themselves when they turn eighteen, he adds. Until then, pronouns. p. 245 ? This assurance is important to her along with the Sanskrit vows shed repeated at her wedding, shed privately vowed that shed never grow fully dependent on her husband, as her mother has. For even after thirty-two years abroad, in England and now in America, her mother does not know how to drive, does not have a job, does not know the difference between a checking and a savings account. p. 247 ? The mindlessness soothers her nerves. As a child, she always had a ease for organization she would take it upon herself to neaten closets and drawers, not only her own, but her parents as well. p. 256 ? Youre going to break hearts, you know. p. 259 ? She wonders if she is the only woman in her family ever to have betrayed her husband, to have been unfaithful. This is what upsets her most to admit that the affair causes her to feel fishily at peace, the complication of it calming her, structuring her day. p. 266 ? Suddenly terrified, he ducks his head, feeling scatty afterword. None of the other pedestrians had reacted. p. 272 ? True to the meaning of her name, she will be without borders, without a home of her own, a resident everywhere and nowhere. p. 276