An elderly black man with gray hair said, "Every bottle should come with a warning: 'This bottle may cause you to lose your job. This bottle may cause you to get a divorce. This bottle may cause you to become homeless.

— Akhil Sharma

Seven years into writing a novel, I started to lose my mind. My thirty-seventh birthday had just come and gone, the end of 2008 was approaching, and I was constantly aware of how little I had managed to accomplish.

— Akhil Sharma

We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. Furthermore, we all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. Furthermore, we all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true.

— Akhil Sharma