Arundhati Roy

“[b.] be prepared to be prepared.”

— Arundhati Roy

Money need not be our only reward.

— Arundhati Roy

Excitement always leads to tears.

— Arundhati Roy

Use your art to fight.

— Arundhati Roy

Things can change in a day.

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“In the end it didn’t matter of course.”

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Old. A viable die-able age.

— Arundhati Roy

Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.

— Arundhati Roy

What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.

— Arundhati Roy

“And we, my dears, everything we are and ever will be are just a twinkle in her eye,.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Enemies can't break your spirit, only friends can.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Although you know that one day you will die, you live as if you won't.”

— Arundhati Roy

“She knew very well that she knew very well that she knew very well.”

— Arundhati Roy

Sometimes the state and the constitution are more enlightened than society.

— Arundhati Roy

“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities? —PABLO NERUDA”

— Arundhati Roy

“We need an updated insurance plan against our won basic natures”

— Arundhati Roy

And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.

— Arundhati Roy

“In a while he reached across the table and took her hand in his. He could not have known that he was…

— Arundhati Roy

“Her collarbones like wings that spread from the base of her throat to the ends of her shoulders. A bird held down…

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“But eventually, the Elixir of the Soul that had survived wars and the bloody birth of three new countries, was, like most…

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Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?

— Arundhati Roy

“Jis sar ko ghurur aaj hai yaan taj-vari ka Kal uss pe yahin shor hai phir nauhagari ka”

— Arundhati Roy

“no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred. No beast can match its range and power.”

— Arundhati Roy

Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

— Arundhati Roy

To me, there is nothing higher than fiction. Nothing. It is fundamentally who I am. I am a teller of stories. For…

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Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when…

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I am very conscious that, from the time of 'The God of Small Things' was published 10 years ago, we are in…

— Arundhati Roy

Your short-term gains are the rest of the world's long-term disasters - for everybody, including yourselves. And, I'm sorry, I've been saying…

— Arundhati Roy

I feel ashamed that the new, nuclear, neo-liberal India thinks of itself as a 'natural ally' of Israel. Ever since India began…

— Arundhati Roy

“Ammu watched over them fiercely. Her watchfulness stretched her, made her taut and tense. She was quick to reprimand her children, but…

— Arundhati Roy

“The complete absence of a desire to please, or to put someone at their ease, could, in a less vulnerable person, have…

— Arundhati Roy

Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst…

— Arundhati Roy

“When the twins asked what cuff-links were for—“To link cuffs together,” Ammu told them—they were thrilled by this morsel of logic in…

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After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees,…

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“To the Kathakali Man these stories are his children and his childhood. He has grown up within them. They are the house…

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To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar…

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“But when they made love he was offended by her eyes. They behaved as though they belonged to someone else. Someone watching.…

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“On bad days the orange walls held hands and bent over him, inspecting him, like malevolent doctors, slowly, deliberately, squeezing the breath…

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In Delhi the cars are getting bigger and sleeker, the hotels are getting posher, the gates are getting higher, and the guards…

— Arundhati Roy

“Velike priče su one koje smo čuli i želimo da ih čujemo ponovo. One u koje ulazimo kad nam se prohte. U…

— Arundhati Roy