"Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who……" — V.S. Naipaul

"Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society."

— V.S. Naipaul

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115 Quotes by V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul has 115 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children,…
I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when…
Small things start us in new ways of thinking
Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it…
And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the…
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for…
It has had a calamitous effect on converted peoples. To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your…
All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the…
But everything of value about me is in my books.
Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And- though played out forms…
We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.

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More Anyone Quotes

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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think. — J. J. Abrams
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
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Anyone who truly loves God travels securely. — Teresa of Avila
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else… — Richard Bach
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