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title: "40 Way Quotes By Arundhati Roy"
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> [“Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/either-way-change-will-come-it-could-be-bloody-or-it-could-be/)

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> [Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/making-bombs-will-only-destroy-us-it-doesn-t-matter-whether-we-use/)

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> [Peace, Inc. is sometimes as worrying as War, Inc. It's a way of managing public anger. We're all being managed, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/peace-inc-is-sometimes-as-worrying-as-war-inc-it-s-a-way-of-managing/)

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> [Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/another-world-is-not-only-possible-she-is-on-her-way-on-a-quiet-day-i-2/)

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> [If you're not religious, then look at it this way. This world of ours is four thousand, six hundred million years old.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/if-you-re-not-religious-then-look-at-it-this-way-this-world-of-ours/)

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> [The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-american-way-of-life-is-not-sustainable-it-doesn-t-acknowledge/)

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> [As a woman who grew up in a village in India, I've spent my whole life fighting tradition. There's no way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/as-a-woman-who-grew-up-in-a-village-in-india-i-ve-spent-my-whole-life/)

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> [The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-way-her-body-existed-only-where-he-touched-her-the-rest-of-her/)

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> [I actually did a quick survey of how caste plays out in contemporary India. The idea that democracy and development have in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-actually-did-a-quick-survey-of-how-caste-plays-out-in-contemporary/)

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> [To me, there is nothing higher than fiction. Nothing. It is fundamentally who I am. I am a teller of stories. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/to-me-there-is-nothing-higher-than-fiction-nothing-it-is/)

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> [The Occupy movement found places where people who were feeling that anger could come and share it - and that is, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-occupy-movement-found-places-where-people-who-were-feeling-that/)

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> [Ever since the Great Depression, we know that one of the key ways in which the US economy has stimulated growth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/ever-since-the-great-depression-we-know-that-one-of-the-key-ways-in/)

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> [Every people, every society, needs a culture of resistance, a culture of being difficult and disobedient, that is the only way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/every-people-every-society-needs-a-culture-of-resistance-a-culture-of/)

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> [The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-fact-is-that-america-s-weapons-systems-have-made-it-impossible/)

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> [By then Esthappen and Rahel had learned that the world had other ways of breaking men. They were already familiar with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/by-then-esthappen-and-rahel-had-learned-that-the-world-had-other-ways/)

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> [Memory was that woman on the train. Insane in the way she sifted through dark things in a closet and emerged with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/memory-was-that-woman-on-the-train-insane-in-the-way-she-sifted/)

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> [ The \[Booker\] prize was actually responsible in many ways for my political activism. I won this thing and I was suddenly the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-booker-prize-was-actually-responsible-in-many-ways-for-my/)

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> [Anything's possible in Human Nature," Chacko said in his Reading Aloud voice. Talking to the darkness now, suddenly insensitive to his little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/anything-s-possible-in-human-nature-chacko-said-in-his-reading-aloud/)

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> [We're supposed to forget whatever happened in the past because 9/11 is where history begins. Okay, since 2001, how many wars have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/we-re-supposed-to-forget-whatever-happened-in-the-past-because-9-11/)

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> [I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-am-an-artist-and-a-writer-and-i-do-think-that-one-always-places/)

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> [When you think of how much violence, how much blood... how much has been destroyed to create the great nations, America, Australia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/when-you-think-of-how-much-violence-how-much-blood-how-much-has-been/)

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> [They would grow up grappling with ways of living with what happened. They would try to tell themselves that in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/they-would-grow-up-grappling-with-ways-of-living-with-what-happened/)

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> [Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/because-of-the-caste-system-because-of-the-fact-that-there-is-no/)

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> [Writers imagine that they cull stories from the world. I'm beginning to believe that vanity makes them think so. That it's actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/writers-imagine-that-they-cull-stories-from-the-world-i-m-beginning/)

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> [What is happening to our world is almost too colossal for human comprehension to contain...To contemplate its girth and its circumference, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/what-is-happening-to-our-world-is-almost-too-colossal-for-human/)

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> [I know that a world in which countries are stockpiling nuclear weapons and using them in the ways that India and Pakistan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-know-that-a-world-in-which-countries-are-stockpiling-nuclear/)

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> [A sparrow lay dead on the backseat. She had found her way through a hole in the windscreen, tempted by some seat-sponge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/a-sparrow-lay-dead-on-the-backseat-she-had-found-her-way-through-a/)

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> [I'm living to the edges of my fingernails, using everything I have. It's impossible for me to look at things politically or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-m-living-to-the-edges-of-my-fingernails-using-everything-i-have-it/)

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> [From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/from-being-a-dream-dams-have-become-a-very-cynical-corrupt-enterprise/)

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> [All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/all-my-books-are-accidental-books-they-come-from-reacting-to-things/)

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> [Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/heaven-opened-and-the-water-hammered-down-reviving-the-reluctant-old/)

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> [In a way, writing is an incredible act of individualism, producing your language, and yet to use it from the heart of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/in-a-way-writing-is-an-incredible-act-of-individualism-producing-your/)

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> [If you are religious, then remember that this bomb is Man's challenge to God. It's worded quite simply: We have the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/if-you-are-religious-then-remember-that-this-bomb-is-man-s-challenge/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-trouble-is-that-once-you-see-it-you-can-t-unsee-it-and-once-you/)

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> [I think the kind of landscape that you grew up in, it lives with you. I don't think it's true of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-think-the-kind-of-landscape-that-you-grew-up-in-it-lives-with-you-i/)

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> [The great irony is that people who live in remote areas, who are illiterate and don't own TVs, are in some ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-great-irony-is-that-people-who-live-in-remote-areas-who-are/)

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> [I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-would-never-ever-use-a-novel-to-do-thinly-disguised-political/)

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> [To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/to-annihilate-indigenous-populations-eventually-paves-the-way-to-our/)

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> [I think people ease into this careerist professionalism, so if you're a writer it's your job to manufacture books as opposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-think-people-ease-into-this-careerist-professionalism-so-if-you-re/)

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> [They were not friends, Comdrade Pillai and Inspector Thomas Matthew, and they didn't trust each other. But they understood each other perfectly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/they-were-not-friends-comdrade-pillai-and-inspector-thomas-matthew/)

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> [...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart deals," to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/as-the-disparity-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-grows-the-fight-to/)

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> [In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/in-2001-we-were-told-that-the-war-in-afghanistan-was-a-feminist/)

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> [Poverty is a crime and the poor are terrorists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/poverty-is-a-crime-and-the-poor-are-terrorists/)

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> [Flat muscled and honey coloured. Sea secrets in his eyes. A silver raindrop in his ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/flat-muscled-and-honey-coloured-sea-secrets-in-his-eyes-a-silver/)

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> [Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/fiction-and-non-fiction-are-only-different-techniques-of-story/)

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> [NGOs have a complicated space in neoliberal politics. They are supposed to mop up the anger. Even when they are doing good work, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/ngos-have-a-complicated-space-in-neoliberal-politics-they-are/)

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> [I've never been that person who thought that because I've written one novel, I should write another and another. It's only when there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-ve-never-been-that-person-who-thought-that-because-i-ve-written-one/)

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> [It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/it-is-such-a-supreme-folly-to-believe-that-nuclear-weapons-are-deadly/)

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> [I think one of the saddest things that's happening to literature is that it's getting over-simplified by this diet of simple political ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/i-think-one-of-the-saddest-things-that-s-happening-to-literature-is/)

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> [The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-only-dream-worth-having-i-told-her-is-to-dream-that-you-will-live/)

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> [But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/but-what-was-there-to-say-only-that-there-were-tears-only-that/)

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> [Truly, there's no alternative to stupidity. Cretinism is the mother of fascism. I have no defence against it, really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/truly-there-s-no-alternative-to-stupidity-cretinism-is-the-mother-of/)

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> [“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-secret-of-the-great-stories-is-that-they-have-no-secrets-the/)

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> [“stilts, the ground floors given over to parking. It’s a good idea in this car-maddened city,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/stilts-the-ground-floors-given-over-to-parking-it-s-a-good-idea-in/)

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> [“Perhaps it’s true that things can change in a day. That a few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/perhaps-it-s-true-that-things-can-change-in-a-day-that-a-few-dozen/)

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                        "text": "When you think of how much violence, how much blood... how much has been destroyed to create the great nations, America, Australia, Britain, Germany, France, Belgium - even India, Pakistan. Having destroyed so much to make them, we must have nuclear weapons to protect them - and climate change to hold up their way of life... a two-pronged annihilation project.",
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                        "text": "They would grow up grappling with ways of living with what happened. They would try to tell themselves that in terms of geological time it was an insignificant event. Just a blink of the Earth Woman's eye. That Worse Things had happened. That Worse Things kept happening. But they would find no comfort in the thought.",
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                        "text": "Because of the caste system, because of the fact that there is no social link between those who make the decisions and those who suffer the decisions, the Indian government just goes ahead and does what it wants. The people also assume that this is their lot, their karma, what was written. It's quite an efficient way of doing things. Therefore, India has a very good reputation in the world as a democracy, as a government that cares, that has just got too much on its hands, whereas, in fact, it's actually creating the problems.",
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                        "text": "Writers imagine that they cull stories from the world. I'm beginning to believe that vanity makes them think so. That it's actually the other way around. Stories cull writers from the world. Stories reveal themselves to us. The public narrative, the private narrative - they colonize us. They commission us. They insist on being told. Fiction and nonfiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons that I don't fully understand, fiction dances out of me, and nonfiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to every morning.",
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                        "text": "What is happening to our world is almost too colossal for human comprehension to contain...To contemplate its girth and its circumference, to attempt to define it, to try and fight it all at once, is impossible. The only way to combat it is by fighting specific wars in specific ways.",
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                        "text": "From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge sums of money; a way of centralizing resources; a way of snatching rivers away from the poor and giving them to the rich. And so in a sense they've become monuments to corruption.",
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