Distance Quote by V.S. Naipaul Download Open image ““paradise seemed further away than India, but Hell had become a bit closer”” — V.S. Naipaul ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Distance Loneliness Migration Sadness-loneliness
“He had forgotten that his paradise was surrounded by hell itself.” — Félix J. Palma Copy Share Image
“He would sooner live a life of endless blessing than one of dying curse, and after all, it was in how you chose to… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Hell's only the flip side of Paradise. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two.” — Sara Craven Copy Share Image
“It's Paradise, but we can't get out of it. And anything you can't get out of is Hell.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“You ask me, I'd guess heaven and hell look pretty much the same," I replied. "Only in hell, everything is just a little out… — Chris F. Holm Copy Share Image
“If you look close enough, you'll see paradise. So go get it!” — Michael Dean Russell Jr Copy Share Image
“The possibility of paradise hovers on the cusp of coming into being, so much so that it takes powerful forces to keep such a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“Our world must be hell, then. It must be the hell of some other place where all of us committed atrocious sins of some… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
“There is no paradise except that which we create in the great tomb of the churches. There is no hell, no inferno except the… — Henri Barbusse Copy Share Image
“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… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And -- though played out forms can throw up… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“Though no one recognized his strength, Anand was among the strong. His satirical sense kept him aloof. At first this was only a pose,… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“It was as Nazruddin had said, when I asked him about visas and he had said that bank notes were better. 'You can always… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“attributed the decay of Hindu society in Trinidad to the rise of the timorous, weak, non-beating class of husband.” — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“It was not long after that Ganesh saw a big new notice in the shop, painted on cardboard. ‘Is Leela self who write that,’… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“I knew there was something that separated me from Ferdinand and the life of the bush about me. And it was because I had… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“In my late thirties the dream of disappointment and exhaustion had been the dream of the exploding head: the dream of a noise in… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“On the front cover of Newsweek reviews "A House for Mr. Biswas" as "a marvelous prose epic that matches the best 19th century novels… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“For when one thinks of Guiana one thinks of a country whose inadequate resources are strained in every way, a country whose geography imposes… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“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,… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“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… — V.S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I raised another shot. "That sound you hear is the heads of moral conservatives spontaneously exploding in the distance. — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
I think hair gel was invented to make it easier to identify assholes from a distance. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that. — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Memories seem to surface in no particular order, with no time attached. Yesterday can seem as distant as last year. My life now consists… — Linda Olsson Copy Share Image
I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Combining the experience of a seasoned university president with the analysis of a respected legal scholar, Derek Bok explores what he concludes are 'signs… — Frank H. T. Rhodes Copy Share Image
To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death. — Toshihiko Seko Copy Share Image
