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  Title :  A Perfect Life Author : Chitra Divakaruni Type : Short Story Collection :  Arranged Marriage Published : 1995 Characters : Meera Bose, Richard, Sharmila If you haven’t read the short story A Perfect Life by Chitra Divakaruni yet, this may be a spoiler for you.   Quotes and Dialogues : So, Here are the dialogues and quotes I liked from the short story,     “For the first time in my life I felt free. It was an exhilarating sensation, once I get used to it. It made me giddy and weightless, like I could float away at any moment.”   “I knew mother-love was real. Real and primitive and dangerous, lurking somewhere in the female genes.”   “I was determined to watch out for it.”   “In … marriages becoming a wife was only the prelude to that all- important, all-consuming event- becoming a mother.”   “I just wanted to make sure that … it would be on my own terms.”     “How could it be any wors...

  Title : A Perfect Life Author : Chitra Divakaruni Type : Short Story Collection :  Arranged Marriage Published : 1995 Characters : Meera Bose, Richard, Sharmila     Review : Who doesn’t like freedom? Woman should have freedom of choice too. The short story A Perfect Life by Chitra Divakaruni wonderfully depicts that woman can make their own choices. They can do whatever they like regardless of the pressure of the society or sometimes other women put on them. The role of a woman is not merely confined to bearing children, they can have dreams and goals too. The story is included in a collection of short stories named Arranged Marriage . The story presents various themes such as, Motherly love, Modern v/s Traditional thinking, Empowerment, Feminism, Marriage, Law.   Meera Bose, the protagonist of the story is an Asian immigrant living the life in America at her own terms. She desires an independent life and did not wanted to marry or have an...

  Title :  Regretting You Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 38 Published : 2019 Characters : Morgan Grant, Clara Grant, Jonah , Chris, Jenny If you haven’t read the novel  Regretting You  by Colleen Hoover yet , this might be a spoiler for you.   Quotes and Dialogues : So, Here are the dialogues and quotes I liked most from the novel,   “I wonder if humans are the only living creatures that ever feel hollow inside.”   “She’s the primary source of my happiness, even though we’re complete opposites.”   “We never let an argument without a resolution.”   “He just seems to maintain a level of maturity despite whatever substances might be running through his system. He has one of the most consistent personalities I’ve ever encountered.”   “I’d rather blend in with the wallpaper and quietly enjoy people-watching than be the one standing on a table in the center of a room, being the one people are watching...

Title : Regretting You Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 38 Published : 2019 Characters : Morgan Grant, Clara Grant, Jonah , Chris, Jenny.     Review : Sometimes we are stuck between what we feel and what we should feel. We are human and it is natural to feel about something in a certain way. What’s more important is that we should think rationally about those feelings. Regretting You by Colleen Hoover remarkably presents that rationality. The novel is about love, affection, betrayal and deceit. It also celebrates the undying love and a beautiful relation of mother and daughter duo. There are two central character in the novel, Clara and Morgan Grant.   The novel opens with Morgan finding out she is pregnant. She finds herself drawn towards her sister’s boyfriend Jonah. As she is pregnant with her boyfriend’s child she gives up her feeling she felt for Jonah and marries Chris, her boyfriend. She devote herself and gives seventeen years o...

  Title :  Without Merit Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 18 Characters : Merit Voss, Sagan, Honor Voss, the Voss family If you haven’t read the book  Without Merit  by Colleen Hoover yet , this may be spoiler for you.   Quotes and Dialogues : So, Here are the dialogues and quotes I liked the most from the novel,     “We live in the most unusual house in the whole town, I say house because it is certainly not home. And inside this house are seven of the most unusual occupants.”   “I like spontaneity… There’s something freeing about refusing to stress over stressful situations. No matter how much thought or time you put into a decision, you’re still only going to be wrong or right.”   “I’m not the type to flirt and I’m definitely not the type to know how to reciprocate when someone flirts with me.”   “I’m attracted to unconventional and strange.”   “Stares shouldn’t have weight, but knowing his eyes are on me makes my ...

  Title : Without Merit Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 18 Characters : Merit Voss, Sagan, Honor Voss, the Voss family     Review : Who isn’t got family issues? Parents can make mistakes too. Without Merit by Colleen Hoover portrays the same idea. Any issue can be solved if we can be honest with each other and talk instead of just assuming things about each other. The novel is about family, siblings, secrets and mistakes which keep the main the character Merit and her family alienated from each other.   “I have an impressive collection of trophies I did not win.” The first line introduces us to the main character of the novel, Merit Voss. A seventeen year old girl who feels like a stranger in her own house. The members of the Voss family are disconnected and not united. Merit blames her father to be the cause of their disintegrated family condition. While buying a trophy for herself, Merit meets a boy named Sagan. She is attracted to hi...

  Title : It Ends With Us Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 35 + Epilogue (in two parts) Published : 2016 Characters : Lily Bloom, Ryle Kincaid, Atlas Corrigan, Allysa.   If you haven’t read the novel  It ends with us  by Colleen Hoover yet , this may be a spoiler for you.   Quotes and Dialogues : So, Here are the dialogues and quotes I liked most from the novel,   “I love it when the sky makes me feel insignificant.”   “I feel his voice in my stomach. That’s not good. Voices should stop at the ears, but sometimes- not very often at all, actually- a voice will penetrate past my ears and reverberate straight down through my body.”   “I feel like everyone fakes who they really are, when deep down we’re all equal amounts of screwed up. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others.”   “There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”   “No one is exclusiv...

  Title : It Ends With Us Author : Colleen Hoover Type : Novel Chapters : 35 + Epilogue (in two parts) Published : 2016 Characters : Lily Bloom, Ryle Kincaid, Atlas Corrigan, Allysa. Review : Choice, is a simple thing. But when you know it can change everything, it is hard to choose. It ends with us by Colleen Hoover presents the same thing. Lilly Bloom, the main character has grown up in an unhealthy environment. Her parents are not as normal as they should be. Her father mistreats her mother. The novel presents the situation of Lilly and other woman like her who are mistreated by man they loved the most. The novel presents the themes of love, loss, dilemma, and heartache.   Lilly is an intelligent, ambitious girl who is sensitive and passionate at the same time. She dreamed of a happy marriage. But life throws Lilly in the same situation as her parents. She witnessed her mother being mistreated by her father. She marries a man who also mistreats her. The...