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The whole ofcontemporary history, theWorld Wars, the War of Dreams, the Man on the Moon, science, literature, philosophy, the pursuit of knowledgewas no more than a blink of the Earth Woman's eye. 701
Arundhati Roy— 1997 The God of SmallThings.
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 Roy— The Greater Common Good May, 1999 [2]
The 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 Roy— The Algebra of Infinite Justice September 29, (2001) [5]
"Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead."
Arundhati Roy— From a speech entitled Come September
There is only one dream worth having...to live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead.
Arundhati Roy— From a speech entitled Come September
Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.
Arundhati Roy— From a speech entitled Come September
"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 Roy— From a speech entitled Confronting Empire given at the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre, 28 January 2003
Rahel could see it coursing through his veins, as clearly as an egg travelling down an ostrich's neck.
Arundhati Roy— Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (1997), p. 232-33.
The Kathakali Man is the most beautiful of men. Because his body is his soul.
Arundhati Roy— Arundhati Roy quoted in Roni Natov (6 December 2012). The Poetics of Childhood. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-136-74935-3.
