# Quote — Amit Chaudhuri, A Strange and Sublime Address

> She would sweep the floor – unending expanses, acres and acres of floor – with a short broom called the jhadu, swiping away the dust in an arc with its long tail, which reminded one of the drooping tail of some nameless, exotic bird.

- Author: [Amit Chaudhuri](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri.md)
- Book: [A Strange and Sublime Address](https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/a-strange-and-sublime-address.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/amit-chaudhuri/a-strange-and-sublime-address/she-would-sweep

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> The grown-ups snapped the chillies (each made a sound terse as a satirical retort), and scattered the tiny, deadly seeds in their food.

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> On the big bed, Mamima and Sandeep’s mother began to dream, sprawled in vivid crab-like postures. His aunt lay on her stomach, her arms bent as if she were swimming to the edge of a lake; his mother lay on her back, her feet (one of which had a scar on it) arranged in the joyous pose of a dancer.

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> ... the floor was a stone slab of coolness, an expanse of warm ice that would not melt.

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