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Inspirational Quotes by Arundhati Roy
- The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
- Acceptance spells death to a writer.
- But can we, should we, let apprehensions about the future immobilize us in the present?
- Let's leave one alive so that it can be lonely.
- Things can change in a day.
- Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.
- To call someone 'anti-American', indeed, to be anti-American, is not just racist, it's a failure of the imagination.
- Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away.
- It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened
- I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.
- Madness slunk in through a chink in History. It only took a moment.
- Her grief grieved her. His devastated her.
- Some things come with their own punishments.
- Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons.
- Humans are animals of habit.
- If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought…
- If you're happy in a dream, does that count?
- That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how. And…
- He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious.
- Old. A viable die-able age.
- People always loved best what they identified most with.
- Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.
- He could do only one thing at a time. If he held her, he couldn't kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn't see her.…
- They looked at each other. They weren't thinking anymore. The time for that had come and gone. Smashed smiles lay ahead of them. But that…
- What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento