In Sri Lanka A Well-told Lie Is

What Is Interesting And Important Happens Mostly In Secret, In Places Where There Is No Power.

Some Events Take A Lifetime To Reveal Their Damage And Influence.

In Canada Pianos Needed Water. You Opened Up The Back And Left A Full Glass Of Water, And A Month Later The Glass Would Be Empty. Her Father Had Told Her About The Dwarfs Who Drank Only At Pianos, Never In Bars.

We Are Expanded By Tears, We Are Told, Not Reduced By Them.

Every Immigrant Family, It Seems, Has Someone Who Does Not Belong In The New Country They Have Come To. It Feels Like Permanent Exile To That One Brother Or Wife Who Cannot Stand A Silent Fate In Boston Or London Or Melbourne. I’ve Met Many Who Remain Haunted By The Persistent Ghost Of An Earlier Place.