Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

"My grandfather says that's what books are for,"Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch."

"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."

"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."

"Try to remember it always,"he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go."

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

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