Best Arundhati Roy Quotes
- But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present? Apprehension
- It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. Believe
- Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn't be communal riots, everybody should love each other,… Boil
- In a way, writing is an incredible act of individualism, producing your language, and yet to use it from the heart of a crowd as… Act
- People say to me, Oh, it's so wonderful that you're writing about real things, and that it's a political thing to do, and I say,… Confused
- Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war. Altruistic
- The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real… Consequence
- The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison. Country
- Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely. Alive
- Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. Another World
- The mullahs of the Islamic world and the mullahs of the Hindu world and the mullahs of the Christian world are all on the same… All
- I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker… Accountant
- When you say things like, 'We have to wipe out the Taliban,' what does that mean? The Taliban is not a fixed number of people.… America
- I am a Maoist sympathiser. I'm not a Maoist ideologue, because the communist movements in history have been just as destructive as capitalism. Been
- Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with… Adversarial
- If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would… Ability
- You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to… Beginning
- Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out,… Been
- I am very conscious that, from the time of 'The God of Small Things' was published 10 years ago, we are in a different world...… Ago
- The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and… Ability
- All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are… Accidental
- I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom,… Ambitious
- To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life… All
- With the certitude of a true believer, Vellya Paapen had assured the twins that there was no such thing in the world as a black… Assured
- That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. Careless
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