> Most evenings after my massage, Padma's father, a farmer, came down from the fields to read his newspaper and eat a mountain of rice, an ocean of dal and a vast quantity of spiced vegetables. I knew he was stick thin from the weight in his step, which was that of an undernourished fairy. 

Nicola Naylor, [[http://www.shelfari.com/books/3903944/Jasmine-and-Arnica?uid=2379577|Jasmine and Arnica]], 2001, p. 119.