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Damon Galgut quotes: I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.

I work by hand, with a fountain pen, in bound notebooks I buy in India.

Damon Galgut quotes: For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.

Damon Galgut quotes: He had it now, he thought. What he had been searching for till now: the heart of it, the central, engendering event.

He had it now, he thought. What he had been searching for till now: the heart of it, the central, engendering event.

Damon Galgut quotes: The only defence against raw, naked feeling was reason. Understanding made sadness easier to bear.

The only defence against raw, naked feeling was reason. Understanding made sadness easier to bear.

Damon Galgut quotes: The only way you can be universal is to be sure you are very specifically local.

The only way you can be universal is to be sure you are very specifically local.

Damon Galgut quotes: To be honest and to be fair were not always the same thing.

To be honest and to be fair were not always the same thing.

Damon Galgut quotes: 'Arctic Summer,' as you might know, is the title of Forster's one unfinished novel.

'Arctic Summer,' as you might know, is the title of Forster's one unfinished novel.

Damon Galgut quotes: I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.

I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.

Damon Galgut quotes: India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.

India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.

Damon Galgut quotes: Why did people believe it was only the flesh that binds?

Why did people believe it was only the flesh that binds?

Damon Galgut quotes: While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.

While apartheid was in operation, the set-up was a gift for writers if you were looking for a big theme.

Damon Galgut quotes: There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.

There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.

Damon Galgut quotes: South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.

South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.

Damon Galgut quotes: It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.

It's been unsettling to discover that every form of narrative, even one that purports to tell the truth, is a kind of lying.

Damon Galgut quotes: Forgive me my friend, I tried to hold on, but you fell, you fell

Forgive me my friend, I tried to hold on, but you fell, you fell

Damon Galgut quotes: Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.

Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.

Damon Galgut quotes: The Indians were inside their bodies, he decided, in a way that the British were not. His own flesh impeded his spirit.

The Indians were inside their bodies, he decided, in a way that the British were not. His own flesh impeded his spirit.

Damon Galgut quotes: All have their foolishness, and this is mine.

All have their foolishness, and this is mine.

Damon Galgut quotes: No emotion was supposed to cross the great divide of class. Affection could erase all hierarchy; in this was the danger, and the delight.

No emotion was supposed to cross the great divide of class. Affection could erase all hierarchy; in this was the danger, and the delight.

Damon Galgut quotes: Goldie was a believer in the imperial project, which is to say, in the civilising power of social progress.

Goldie was a believer in the imperial project, which is to say, in the civilising power of social progress.

Damon Galgut quotes: I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.

I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.

Damon Galgut quotes: Things happen once only and are never repeated, never return. Except in memory.

Things happen once only and are never repeated, never return. Except in memory.

Damon Galgut quotes: What did love mean if it was doled out so carelessly, with no thought of consequence?

What did love mean if it was doled out so carelessly, with no thought of consequence?

Damon Galgut quotes: A silence followed, while the two men contemplated dying for love.

A silence followed, while the two men contemplated dying for love.

Damon Galgut quotes: A mixture of rapture and cowardice. No action, but all that quivering!

A mixture of rapture and cowardice. No action, but all that quivering!

Damon Galgut quotes: Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.

Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.

Damon Galgut quotes: I'm not designed to interact with society.

I'm not designed to interact with society.

Damon Galgut quotes: I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.

I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.

Damon Galgut quotes: I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.

I go for long walks in Newlands Forest in Cape Town, and I go to the Turkish baths on Sunday mornings.

Damon Galgut quotes: There were only certain intimacies one could hope to survive.

There were only certain intimacies one could hope to survive.

Damon Galgut quotes: Generally, writers have very uninteresting lives.

Generally, writers have very uninteresting lives.

Damon Galgut quotes: Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.

Damon Galgut quotes: Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.

Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.

Damon Galgut quotes: Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.

Real obsession needs an unconscious motivation behind it.

Damon Galgut quotes: He feared at certain moments that the only new knowledge he would take away from this country was learning how to swim and use the telephone.

He feared at certain moments that the only new knowledge he would take away from this country was learning how to swim and use the telephone.

Damon Galgut quotes: Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody?

Of what earthly use were novels? How did they help anybody?

Damon Galgut quotes: Other people might have to confess their sins, but he, Morgan, could only confess their absence.

Other people might have to confess their sins, but he, Morgan, could only confess their absence.

Damon Galgut quotes: Past a certain point, maybe, a person's character defines itself and stays fixed in your mind.

Past a certain point, maybe, a person's character defines itself and stays fixed in your mind.

Damon Galgut quotes: Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.

Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.

Damon Galgut quotes: It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

It is always an attractive moment when curiosity takes hold.

Damon Galgut quotes: Race and class were a kind of destiny; very little could dent them. Morgan himself had been decanted back into the vessel that had made him.

Race and class were a kind of destiny; very little could dent them. Morgan himself had been decanted back into the vessel that had made him.

Damon Galgut quotes: There are many monsters, oh, many!

There are many monsters, oh, many!

Damon Galgut quotes: I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.

I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.

Damon Galgut quotes: Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.

Yoga helps me with a composed and serene state of mind, which is good for writing.

Damon Galgut quotes: I've been wanting to write a book about what goes into creating a novel, and the story behind 'A Passage to India' is especially interesting.

I've been wanting to write a book about what goes into creating a novel, and the story behind 'A Passage to India' is especially interesting.

Damon Galgut quotes: My dear, he talked of peering into catamites' anuses, if you can conceive of anything more wonderful.

My dear, he talked of peering into catamites' anuses, if you can conceive of anything more wonderful.

Damon Galgut quotes: Even in one's most physical moments, the real craving was for love.

Even in one's most physical moments, the real craving was for love.

Damon Galgut quotes: I blame it on the heat. And Morgan had gone to India, and the heat had not undone him. He had remained respectable.

I blame it on the heat. And Morgan had gone to India, and the heat had not undone him. He had remained respectable.

Damon Galgut quotes: The funny thing is, I don't care too much. You think you love something so badly, but when it's gone you find out you don't care so much.

The funny thing is, I don't care too much. You think you love something so badly, but when it's gone you find out you don't care so much.