Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.
Arundhati RoyThe trouble is that once America goes off to war, it can't very well return without having fought one. If it doesn't find its enemy, for the sake of the enraged folks back home, it will have to manufacture one. Once war begins, it will develop a momentum, a logic and a justification of its own, and we'll lose sight of why it's being fought in the first place.
Arundhati RoyThere is only one dream worth having...to live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead.
Arundhati RoyLiterature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.
Arundhati Roy"Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe."
Arundhati RoyRahel could see it coursing through his veins, as clearly as an egg travelling down an ostrich's neck.
Arundhati RoyThe Kathakali Man is the most beautiful of men. Because his body is his soul.
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