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> [“It was in that garage that Alec worked, no longer wearing red bodices or peeing blue, but doing mysterious greasy things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/it-was-in-that-garage-that-alec-worked-no-longer-wearing-red-bodices/)

[V.S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul-2/)

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## More by V.S. Naipaul

> [“In his original design the solicitor's clerk seemed to have forgotten the need for a staircase to link both the floors, and what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/in-his-original-design-the-solicitor-s-clerk-seemed-to-have-forgotten/)

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> [“What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And -- though played out forms can throw up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/what-matters-in-the-end-in-literature-what-is-always-there-is-the/)

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> [“Though no one recognized his strength, Anand was among the strong. His satirical sense kept him aloof. At first this was only a pose,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/though-no-one-recognized-his-strength-anand-was-among-the-strong-his/)

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> [“It was as Nazruddin had said, when I asked him about visas and he had said that bank notes were better. 'You can always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/it-was-as-nazruddin-had-said-when-i-asked-him-about-visas-and-he-had/)

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> [“attributed the decay of Hindu society in Trinidad to the rise of the timorous, weak, non-beating class of husband.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/attributed-the-decay-of-hindu-society-in-trinidad-to-the-rise-of-the/)

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> [“It was not long after that Ganesh saw a big new notice in the shop, painted on cardboard. ‘Is Leela self who write that,’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/it-was-not-long-after-that-ganesh-saw-a-big-new-notice-in-the-shop/)

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> [“I knew there was something that separated me from Ferdinand and the life of the bush about me. And it was because I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/i-knew-there-was-something-that-separated-me-from-ferdinand-and-the/)

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> [“In my late thirties the dream of disappointment and exhaustion had been the dream of the exploding head: the dream of a noise in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/in-my-late-thirties-the-dream-of-disappointment-and-exhaustion-had/)

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> [“On the front cover of Newsweek reviews "A House for Mr. Biswas" as "a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/on-the-front-cover-of-newsweek-reviews-a-house-for-mr-biswas-as-a/)

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> [“For when one thinks of Guiana one thinks of a country whose inadequate resources are strained in every way, a country whose geography imposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/for-when-one-thinks-of-guiana-one-thinks-of-a-country-whose/)

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> [“Ah, sahib. I know you just come to comfort a old man left to live by hisself. Soomintra say I too old-fashion. And Leela,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/ah-sahib-i-know-you-just-come-to-comfort-a-old-man-left-to-live-by/)

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> [“Misir’s first story was about a man who had been out of work for months and was starving. His five children were starving; his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/misir-s-first-story-was-about-a-man-who-had-been-out-of-work-for/)

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> [“I had seen how deep in nearly every West Indian, high and low, were the prejudices of race; how often these prejudices were rooted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/i-had-seen-how-deep-in-nearly-every-west-indian-high-and-low-were-the/)

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> [“It was in that garage that Alec worked, no longer wearing red bodices or peeing blue, but doing mysterious greasy things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/it-was-in-that-garage-that-alec-worked-no-longer-wearing-red-bodices/)

[V.S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul-2/)

> [“What Raja Ram Mohun Roy began as a reform movment early in the 19th century Devendranath Tagore made into a religion. It transformed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul-2/what-raja-ram-mohun-roy-began-as-a-reform-movment-early-in-the-19th/)

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