“Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again.” MenWarPathCivilizationAntsImpermanence Book:Inheritance of Loss Source: Inheritance of Loss
“A man wasn't equal to an animal, not one particle of him. Human life was stinking corrupt, and meanwhile there were beautiful creatures who lived with delicacy on the earth without doing anyone harm. "We should be dying." the judge almost wept.” MenShouldHumansEarthBeautifulAnimalDyingJudgingCreaturesEqualHarmHuman LifeParticlesDelicacyBeautiful Creatures Author:Kiran Desai
“You lived intensely with others, only to have them disappear overnight, since the shadow class was condemned to movement. The men left for other jobs, towns, got deported, returned home, changed names. Sometimes someone came popping around a corner again, or on the subway then they vanished again. Addresses, phone numbers did not hold. The emptiness Biju felt returned to him over and over, until eventually he made sure not to let friendships sink deep anymore.” MenMadeSometimesHomeJobsNamesLeftFeltNumbersClassMovementChangedShadowTownsPhonesCornersDisappearEmptinessAddressesSubwayPoppingPhone Numbers Book:The Inheritance of Loss Source: The Inheritance of Loss
