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Famous V. S. Naipaul Quotes
“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
“His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read.”
“After all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities.”
“But everything of value about me is in my books.”
“Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.”
“We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.”
“All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.”
“It isn't that there's no right and wrong here. There's no right.”
“Some lesser husbands built a latrine on the hillside.”
“What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.”
“The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.”
“A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.”
“I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.”