"I have not taken my wife out for a long time. We have been busy with the children and their demands. Every time I find good work, I keep aside a little so that I can take her out but one thing or...
"I am trying to be a happy person. Every morning, I wake up and decide that I will be happy. But sometimes it is difficult to be happy no matter how hard I try." (Kanchi Maharjan, Chapagaun, Lalitpur)
"For a simpleton like me, it’s difficult to understand many things of today. I don’t understand phones. And the songs they play. Today everyone has their own songs and everyone has their own phones....
"There is no work. There is no money. Life is good." (Babu Kaji Maharjan, Chapagaun, Lalitpur)
"My smile will not make such a difference to your photograph. Will you be able to capture the joy within?" (Manik Lal Maharjan, Chapagaun, Lalitpur)
"We were both the same age when we got married. Maybe 17. We spent almost 50 years together. Cried together and laughed together. But last year she passed away and left me alone. She would come and...
"My ducks love spinach." (Maya Lal Maharjan, Chapagaun, Lalitpur)
“When we started going out, I liked that he was a self-made man.”_x000D_ “And I thought I swept you off your feet at first glance.”_x000D_ (Mukhiya Gurung & Smrity Gurung)
"I like to do my homework. But sometimes my teacher forgets to give us homework. I like solving mathematics problems and getting full marks. I am very good in it. But sometimes my teacher forgets....
"Sometimes when there are no guests, and when I am alone, after I have finished all the house chores, after all the firewood are gathered and the dishes rinsed, I look out at the mountains in the...
"It is very cold, I feel very cold. I visit Kathmandu sometimes. Are you from there? They say this sun shines more in Kathmandu. Everyone must be happy in the sun. Here everyone is struggling." (Pun...
"I lost my only son to a disease. He will never return. My tears haven't stopped. You came, you are also my son. Come, follow me, take some Perilla seeds home. They make good pickles." (Ama, Laprak,...
“We have been living with hope, hoping for better days for a long time.” (Sreejana Gurung, Laprak, Gorkha)
"I have been a teacher for many years, teaching mostly in communities outside of home. Many of these are closed communities that lack exposure to the outside world. In many cases people from these...
“I don’t know (your) language so well. But you can take my picture and you can show it to everyone.” (Laprak, Gorkha)
"The earthquake taught me one thing. It taught me how unity can save lives and how no one is above or lower than anyone else. Nothing is certain, just this day, just this moment. This race, this...
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