Top 100 Sejal Badani Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “I learned something important the day Sonya departed: you cannot keep someone who has already left you behind. No matter what I needed or wanted, Sonya put herself first; I was last.”

— Sejal Badani

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

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53. “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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54. “It both shames and gives me pause that I have lived my life on the sidelines, never knowing or caring that others live in such misfortune.”

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55. “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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56. “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?”

— Sejal Badani

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

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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. “Everyone is a student and a teacher.”

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

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63. “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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64. “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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65. “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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66. “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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67. “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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68. “You have been blessed – a son will never leave you.”

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

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71. “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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72. “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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73. “When we reach, we always chance a fall.”

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74. “True kindness in people is a rarity, and when discovered, I believe it should be treasured.”

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

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

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

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79. “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.”

— Sejal Badani

80. “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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81. “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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82. “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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83. “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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84. “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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85. “But the compassion of humans forced me to believe that there must be something or someone more powerful to have placed such perfection on this earth.”

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86. “I wish it weren’t just the few forced onto the path that learned the reward of giving your heart to a child not born to them.”

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

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

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89. “Given the freedom to decide, have I ever made a decision, or have I blindly followed the steps laid out for me?”

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

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91. “But laws are slow to change what is in people’s hearts.”

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92. “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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93. “Her stories were her only passport to places she had never been. Without them, she would be forever trapped in this village.”

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94. “It was easy to be together in the moments we were strong, but it felt impossible when I was weak.”

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95. “Sometimes it feels like an excuse to be unkind. When everyone is doing it, maybe it feels acceptable?”

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96. “I hope I learn when to stand small so others can feel tall.”

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

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98. “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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99. “Their way of life is not for us to judge but our opportunity to learn.”

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

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