Hope, and fear. Twin forces that tugged at us first in one direction and then in another, and which was the stronger no one could say. Of the latter we never spoke, but it was always with us. Fear, constant… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“There is a rare gentleness in you, the sweeter for its brief appearances.” — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“He sighed impatently. 'You simplify everything, being without understanding. Your views are so limited it is impossible to explain to you.' 'Limited, yes,' I… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“We had for so long accepted her obedience to our will that when it ceased to be given naturally, it came as a considerable… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there are years of plenty. This is one of the truths of our existence as those who live by the land know: that sometimes we eat and sometimes we starve. We live by our labours fromone harvest to the… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share
“Nature is like a wild animal that you have trained to work for you. So long as you are vigilant and walk warily with… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“We live by our labors from one harvest to the next, there is no certain telling whether we shall be able to feed ourselves… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“That is all you can think of: what people will say! One goes from one end of the world to the other to hear… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“You must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“Well, and what if we give in to our troubles at every step! We would be pitiable creatures indeed to be so weak, for is not a man's spirit given to him to rise above his misfortunes? As for our wants, they are many and unfilled, for who is so rich or compassionate as to supply them? Want is our… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share
“She was no longer a child, to be cowed or forced into submission, but a grown woman with a definite purpose and an invincible… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
