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Arundhati Roy quotes: It was raining when Rahel came back to Ayemenem. Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, ploughing it up like gun-fire. It was raining when Rahel came back to Ayemenem. Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, ploughing it up like gun-fire.
Arundhati Roy quotes: His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back. His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away. Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away.
Arundhati Roy quotes: She woke to the sound of his heart knocking against his chest. As though it was searching for a way out. She woke to the sound of his heart knocking against his chest. As though it was searching for a way out.
Arundhati Roy quotes: But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present? But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?
Arundhati Roy quotes: And once again, only the Small Things were said. The Big Things lurked unsaid inside. And once again, only the Small Things were said. The Big Things lurked unsaid inside.
Arundhati Roy quotes: She thought of Chacko's laugh, and a smile stayed in her eyes for a long time. She thought of Chacko's laugh, and a smile stayed in her eyes for a long time.
Arundhati Roy quotes: [Are we] far more comfortable with the idea of poor people killing themselves in despair than with the idea of them fighting back? [Are we] far more comfortable with the idea of poor people killing themselves in despair than with the idea of them fighting back?
Arundhati Roy quotes: Acceptance spells death to a writer. Acceptance spells death to a writer.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Kochu Maria, the vinegar-hearted, short-tempered, midget cook, were Kochu Maria, the vinegar-hearted, short-tempered, midget cook, were
Arundhati Roy quotes: Politeness. Obedience. Loyalty. Intelligence. Courtesy. Efficiency. Politeness. Obedience. Loyalty. Intelligence. Courtesy. Efficiency.
Arundhati Roy quotes: When you recreate the image of man, why repeat God's mistakes? When you recreate the image of man, why repeat God's mistakes?
Arundhati Roy quotes: The God of Loss.The God of Small Things. He left no footprints in the sand, no ripples in water, no image in mirrors. The God of Loss.
The God of Small Things.
He left no footprints in the sand, no ripples in water, no image in mirrors.
Arundhati Roy quotes: I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits. I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits.
Arundhati Roy quotes: He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair. He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated? Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?
Arundhati Roy quotes: This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt. This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Humbling was a nice word, Rahel thought. Humbling along without a care in the world Humbling was a nice word, Rahel thought. Humbling along without a care in the world
Arundhati Roy quotes: A fee clarified things. Disjuncted sex from love. Needs from feelings. A fee clarified things. Disjuncted sex from love. Needs from feelings.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Some days he walked along the banks of the river that smelled of shit and pesticides bought with World Bank loans. Some days he walked along the banks of the river that smelled of shit and pesticides bought with World Bank loans.
Arundhati Roy quotes: For the first time in her life, Tilo felt that her body had enough room to accomodate all of its organs. For the first time in her life, Tilo felt that her body had enough room to accomodate all of its organs.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Here they learned to Wait. To Watch. To think thoughts and not voice them. Here they learned to Wait. To Watch. To think thoughts and not voice them.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Why should propaganda be the exclusive preserve of the Western media? Just because they do it better? Why should propaganda be the exclusive preserve of the Western media? Just because they do it better?
Arundhati Roy quotes: .. how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws. .. how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The people who created the crisis will not be the ones that come up with a solution The people who created the crisis will not be the ones that come up with a solution
Arundhati Roy quotes: [Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise. [Internationa] Aid is just another praetorian business enterprise.
Arundhati Roy quotes: From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living. From now on it is not dying we must fear, but living.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance. Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.
Arundhati Roy quotes: In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said. In a determined reversal of her inherent nature, Kochu Maria now, as a policy, hardly ever believed anything that anybody said.
Arundhati Roy quotes: There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth. There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.
Arundhati Roy quotes: To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out. To stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Our lungs are gradually being depleted of oxygen. Perhaps it's time to use whatever breath remains in our bodies to say: Open the bloody gates. Our lungs are gradually being depleted of oxygen. Perhaps it's time to use whatever breath remains in our bodies to say: Open the bloody gates.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Rahel knew that this had happened because she had been hoping that it wouldn't. She hadn't learned to control her Hopes yet. Rahel knew that this had happened because she had been hoping that it wouldn't. She hadn't learned to control her Hopes yet.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Argentina & Iraq have been decimated by the same process with different weapons; an IMF cheque & cruise missiles. Argentina & Iraq have been decimated by the same process with different weapons; an IMF cheque & cruise missiles.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Democracy is the Free World's whore, willing to dress up, dress down, willing to satisfy a whole range of tastes. Democracy is the Free World's whore, willing to dress up, dress down, willing to satisfy a whole range of tastes.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Sleep came to them, quick and easy, like money to millionaires. Sleep came to them, quick and easy, like money to millionaires.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Of the four things that were Possible in Human Nature, Rahel thought that Infinnate Joy sounded the saddest. Of the four things that were Possible in Human Nature, Rahel thought that Infinnate Joy sounded the saddest.
Arundhati Roy quotes: There is nothing that pleases me more than a beautiful sentence ... It is something that satisfies me. There is nothing that pleases me more than a beautiful sentence ... It is something that satisfies me.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to. Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Coercing a woman out of a burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka. It's about the coercion. Coercing a woman out of a burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka. It's about the coercion.
Arundhati Roy quotes: She wondered how to un-know certain things, certain specific things that she knew but did not wish to know She wondered how to un-know certain things, certain specific things that she knew but did not wish to know
Arundhati Roy quotes: For the South African White minority, neo-liberalism is apartheid with a clean conscience, called Democracy. For the South African White minority, neo-liberalism is apartheid with a clean conscience, called Democracy.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Pigs are horses. Girls are boys. War is peace. Pigs are horses. Girls are boys. War is peace.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison. The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things. Novels are such mysterious and amorphous and tender things.
Arundhati Roy quotes: NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs. NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Growth, 60 percent of India's workforce is self-employed, and 90 percent of India's labor force works in the unorganized sector.11 Growth, 60 percent of India's workforce is self-employed, and 90 percent of India's labor force works in the unorganized sector.11
Arundhati Roy quotes: Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease. Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.
Arundhati Roy quotes: I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism. I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Fiction is the most joyous, beautiful, sophisticated, wonderful thing in the world. Fiction is the most joyous, beautiful, sophisticated, wonderful thing in the world.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation. Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation.
Arundhati Roy quotes: She kept her doors and windows locked, unless she was using them. She kept her doors and windows locked, unless she was using them.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crisesWar and Shoppingsimply will not work. Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises
War and Shopping
simply will not work.
Arundhati Roy quotes: On Rahel's heart Pappachi's moth snapped open its somber wings. Out. In. And lifted its legs. Up. Down. On Rahel's heart Pappachi's moth snapped open its somber wings. Out. In. And lifted its legs. Up. Down.
Arundhati Roy quotes: It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as Utopian proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for war. It's odd how those who dismiss the peace movement as Utopian proffer the most absurdly dreamy reasons for war.
Arundhati Roy quotes: What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living. What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Enemies can't break your spirit, only friends can. Enemies can't break your spirit, only friends can.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Et tu, Caesar? Then fall, Caesar.Et tu, Estha? Then fall, Estha. Et tu, Caesar? Then fall, Caesar.
Et tu, Estha? Then fall, Estha.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The moment I saw her, a part of me walked out of my body and wrapped itself around her. And there it still remains. The moment I saw her, a part of me walked out of my body and wrapped itself around her. And there it still remains.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Now they were old.Old enough.A viable, die-able age. Now they were old.
Old enough.
A viable, die-able age.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Rahel never wrote to him. There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. Rahel never wrote to him. There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down by skin Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down by skin
Arundhati Roy quotes: Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb. Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.
Arundhati Roy quotes: There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves. There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The tired wisdom of knowing that what goes around eventually comes around. The tired wisdom of knowing that what goes around eventually comes around.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Excitement Always Leads to Tears. Excitement Always Leads to Tears.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us. Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.
Arundhati Roy quotes: ... he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage. ... he remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside. Only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside.
Arundhati Roy quotes: And on Ammu's road (to Age and Death) a small, sunny meadow appeared. Copper grass spangled with blue butterflies. Beyond it, an abyss. And on Ammu's road (to Age and Death) a small, sunny meadow appeared. Copper grass spangled with blue butterflies. Beyond it, an abyss.
Arundhati Roy quotes: they asked the poor what it was like to be poor, the hungry what it was like to be hungry, the homeless what it was like to be homeless. they asked the poor what it was like to be poor, the hungry what it was like to be hungry, the homeless what it was like to be homeless.
Arundhati Roy quotes: All three of them bonded by the certain, separate knowledge that they had loved a man to death. All three of them bonded by the certain, separate knowledge that they had loved a man to death.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Of course, there's an alternative to terrorism: it's called justice. Of course, there's an alternative to terrorism: it's called justice.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Some things come with their own punishments. Some things come with their own punishments.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Ammu quickly learned to recognize and despise the ugly face of sympathy. They ... gloated. She fought off the urge to slap them. Ammu quickly learned to recognize and despise the ugly face of sympathy. They ... gloated. She fought off the urge to slap them.
Arundhati Roy quotes: And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature. And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely. Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Red ants that had a sour farty smell when they were squashed. Red ants that had a sour farty smell when they were squashed.
Arundhati Roy quotes: It could be argued that it began long before Christianity arrived in a boat and seeped into Kerala like tea from a teabag. It could be argued that it began long before Christianity arrived in a boat and seeped into Kerala like tea from a teabag.
Arundhati Roy quotes: He gathered her into the cave of his body. (Roy,338) He gathered her into the cave of his body. (Roy,338)
Arundhati Roy quotes: There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart. There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Who can know from the word goodbye what kind of parting is in store for us. Who can know from the word goodbye what kind of parting is in store for us.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated. The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Ammu's tears made everything that had so far seemed unreal, real. Ammu's tears made everything that had so far seemed unreal, real.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Debating Imperialism is a bit like debating the pros and cons of rape. What can we say? That we really miss it? Debating Imperialism is a bit like debating the pros and cons of rape. What can we say? That we really miss it?
Arundhati Roy quotes: the connection between GDP growth and jobs is a myth. the connection between GDP growth and jobs is a myth.
Arundhati Roy quotes: I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas. I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Socrates asked the key question: why should we be moral? Socrates asked the key question:
why should we be moral?
Arundhati Roy quotes: There are things that can be forgotten. And things that cannot - that sit on dusty shelves like stuffed birds with baleful, sideways staring eyes. There are things that can be forgotten. And things that cannot - that sit on dusty shelves like stuffed birds with baleful, sideways staring eyes.
Arundhati Roy quotes: The TV channels never ran out of sponsorship for their live telecasts of despair. They never ran out of despair The TV channels never ran out of sponsorship for their live telecasts of despair. They never ran out of despair
Arundhati Roy quotes: Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience? Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience?
Arundhati Roy quotes: I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections. I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections.
Arundhati Roy quotes: Although you know that one day you will die, you live as if you won't. Although you know that one day you will die, you live as if you won't.
Arundhati Roy quotes: It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened
Arundhati Roy quotes: Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives. Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives.
Arundhati Roy quotes: I'm Popeye the sailor man dum dum I live in a cara-van dum dum I op-en the door And fall-on the floor I'm Popeye the sailor man dum dum I'm Popeye the sailor man dum dum I live in a cara-van dum dum I op-en the door And fall-on the floor I'm Popeye the sailor man dum dum

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