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Pooja's avatar

"And so, he writes, “in the end respiration and burning are equivalent; the slight delay in the middle is what we know as life.” Wait, what? The slight delay in the middle is what we know as life? I think when I first read that I might have skipped a heartbeat."

The exact same line in the book evoked the exact same reaction in me when I read it for the first time. I stopped reading and just stared at the horizon, wondering if this is what life is! Thank you for this post. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. :)

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Aydee's avatar

finally someone who loves Mukherjee’s writing :)

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