I could weep for a river-valley, and I have. But for a country? Oh man, I don’t know.
ARUNDHATI ROYIf you’re happy in a dream, does that count?
More Arundhati Roy Quotes
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The world’s ‘freeest’ country has the highest number in prison.
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Anything’s possible in Human Nature …Love. Madness. Hope. Infinite joy.
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Things can change in a day.
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Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They’re usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there’s the business of war.
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Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb.
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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.
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I feel ashamed that the new, nuclear, neo-liberal India thinks of itself as a ‘natural ally’ of Israel. Ever since India began to call itself an emerging superpower, it has become a slavish, groveling satellite state of the US.
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Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.
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Fiction is truth. I think fiction is the truest thing there ever was. My whole effort is to remove that distinction. The writer is the midwife of understanding. It’s very important for me to tell politics like a story, to make it real.
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The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.
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Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence – so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only – or well that’s excessive – usually, the resistance.
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The revolution cannot be funded. It’s not the imagination of trusts and foundations that’s going to bring real change.
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The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
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The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.
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