Bookshelves Quote by Arundhati Roy

“There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.”

Arundhati Roy

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It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used.

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