Top 100 Sejal Badani Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “When you lose someone there is a grieving process. Shock, anger, despair, among a multitude of other emotions. Every one of them wrapping around you like a vise. No room to breathe, to think, or to understand. But what about when someone is alive yet wants nothing to do with you? Is there a mourning process in place then, or do you hold on to hope like a life raft in the abyss?”

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52. “With that knowledge comes her acceptance that to have the life she wants, she has to repaint the painting.”

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53. “I convinced myself I owed him for loving me. No child should ever feel such a thing.”

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54. “Energy doesn’t stand still; it moves, shifts with time. I think maybe we are meant to do the same, to see the world not as we fear it is but as we hope for it to be – kinder, gentler, each lesson not meant to destroy but to enable.”

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55. “What is the chance our marriage can survive the tumultuous ups and downs of hope followed by disappointment and finally resignation? When it is too hard to stand, how do you help another?”

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56. “Our hurts and our joys are meant to be shared, the burden easier when another holds your hand.”

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57. “He’s right – every person, in his own way, has to find his path given his individual circumstances.”

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58. “One piece of knowledge had always eluded her, that life is not what happens to you, but what you make happen.”

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59. “No. All that was left of the person was bones. The same as everyone else.” I wondered if they knew that at the end, we are all the same, just a body with only our actions and others’ memories to define who we are. “Whatever separates us in life has no relevance in death.”

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60. “Everyone is a student and a teacher.”

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61. “I miss him in my life. Amisha’s story drives home how precious love is. I took our love for granted, and when it became too hard, I stepped away, sure I was stronger standing alone. But.”

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62. “It is believed that meditative energy flows from the feet upward,” he says. “Only with bare feet can you feel God within you.”

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63. “The memories of the past circle around me – a reminder of a time when my marriage was stronger than circumstance. I pass through the years like snippets of a film reel until I am moments away from the day he told me about Stacey. With the recollection, the pain comes flooding back.”

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64. “You have been blessed – a son will never leave you.”

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65. “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving isn’t for you.”

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66. “When Patrick and I separated, I was so focused on what had torn us apart, I didn’t remember what brought us together.”

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67. “He told me once that people will forget many things, but they will never forget a person who shows them kindness.”

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68. “A man is building his house. Though warned by his friends it isn’t a safe design, he refuses to listen. There’s an earthquake, and the house collapses. He and a bird that lived in a tree near the house become trapped.” Amisha searched the students’ faces and was pleased to see their interest. “There is only one small hole through which to breathe. The man must decide who gets the oxygen.” She paused to make sure she still had their attention. “Please write about what happens next.”

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69. “A daughter born to you is never truly yours.”

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70. “For hundreds of years, people have categorized others as less so they could feel like more.”

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71. “She, like every other woman, was expected to support first her father, then her husband, and finally her sons. Their failures and successes defined her place.”

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72. “A dream may be the only window to the unknown.” She fiddled with her paper. “Maybe to a different life.”

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73. “It is not what she deserves,” Ravi argued, surprised he would find the nerve to do so. But he did not care anymore. If Deepak beat him or released him from his job, he did not care. He would not allow this to be done to her.”

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74. “Though there is no playbook on how to navigate the path of life, if I do it with the grace and heart of the women before me, then I will have lived my life with honor.”

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75. “He gave me the only answer he could – that history proved time and again it was difficult to change what people believed as truth.”

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76. “The heart and soul work on emotions. They don’t always stop to think about what is right or wrong, only what they want and need.”

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77. “The ache in his words is a warning to me.”

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78. “I lost the man I love without reason.”

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79. “She knew he would give her anything – all she had to do was ask.”

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80. “Maybe life is a series of decisions with destiny thrown in. Maybe it is accepting that the impossible means opening another door. And maybe it means that you have to stand the strongest during the hardest of life’s times.”

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81. “We were thrown into a storm, and for a while it proved more powerful than both of us. Our sails weren’t stronger than the wind’s rage, and we nearly drowned in the currents. Just when I was sure the lighthouse couldn’t guide me home, I heard my grandmother’s story. Her struggles and her determination taught me that each day.”

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82. “Last night, Amisha had helped Jay for the first time with his English homework. Afterward, he climbed into her lap and thanked her. She had swallowed the lump in her throat and hugged him back before tickling him. When he ran off laughing, she glanced at the makeshift temple and nodded her thanks.”

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83. “But I opened my mind and came to appreciate that even in fiction there can be morsels of truth.”

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84. “A dream may be the only window to the unknown... maybe to a different life.”

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85. “Your story showed me that life isn’t always about what I want to be but instead what I can be.”

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86. “Blood does not define family. Love does.”

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87. “I want all of you to write about creating something you want, destroying something you don’t need, and protecting what is vital. But you must explain how your heart, your soul, and your mind feel about each event.”

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88. “But, for whom that darkness of the soul is chased by light, splendid and clear shines manifest the truth. As if a sun of wisdom sprang to shed its beams of dawn.”

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89. “For every person who stands superior, another must be inferior. But what does it say of us as a human race when we push others down for our own needs?”

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90. “Some turns were my choice whereas others were a forced detour. Each one led me to where I am standing today.”

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91. “How do they decide who is second-class in America?” I shudder at the question.”

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92. “It’s the third eye. When you see a bindi, it reminds you to see life’s greater purpose, the supreme goal of self-realization. In the temples, it still means that. The third eye focuses on God, and the bindi signifies piety, reminding you to keep God at the center of your thoughts.”

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93. “My power became dependent on the height of my achievements. But perfection may be an illusion and power a liability.”

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94. “True, but in that moment, that child makes them a family. And the parents leave here knowing that being a mother or father is a gift, no matter how it comes about.”

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95. “History shows us we need labels to help define our place. For hundreds of years, people have categorized others as less so they could feel like more. Color, gender, class, religion, physical handicaps, sexual orientation, and pedigree are.”

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96. “My mother’s admission that she wanted only my happiness gave me a glimpse of what it means to be a parent who wants only the best for his child.”

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97. “Fate passed its judgment and sentenced my mother at birth. She was destined to live a life without the presence or guidance of a mother. Though sadness always accompanied her, she carried the weight of her hurt silently. She believed herself a curse and kept her distance. She loved me the only way she knew how while living her own life in shame.”

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98. “And maybe it means that you have to stand the strongest during the hardest of life’s times.”

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99. “Whatever separates us in life has no relevance in death.”

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100. “While there, my father said to me that beauty in such true form must be rare, for only then do humans appreciate it.”

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