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“If we were to lose the ability to be emotional, if we were to lose the ability to be angry, to be outraged, we would be robots. And I refuse that.”

Quote by Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel 'The God of Small Things', which won the Booker Prize in 1997. Her works often explore social and political issues such as class, race, and gender. more

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“You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors.”

Knows Running Realizing Risk Stage Horror Quiet Findings Tranquility

Author:Arundhati Roy

“Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.”

Mean Has Beens Democracy Taken Institutions Corporations Vehicle Free Market Workshops

Author:Arundhati Roy

“I am very conscious that, from the time of The God of Small Things was published 10 years ago, we are in a different world ... which needs to be written about differently, and I really very much want to do that.”

World Want Needs Years Different Written Conscious Years Ago Small Things Different Worlds

Author:Arundhati Roy

“The fact is that America's weapons systems have made it impossible for anybody to confront it militarily. So, all you have is your wits and your cunning, and your ability to fight in the way the Iraqis are fighting.”

Way Made Facts America Fighting Ability Impossible Weapons Wit Made It Cunning

Author:Arundhati Roy

“Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.”

Intellectual Ideals Inspired Permanent Labour Congratulations Incessant

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“All my books are accidental books - they come from reacting to things and thinking about things and engaging in a real way. They are not about, 'Oh, did it get a good review in the Guardian?' I don't care.”

Thinking Way Book Real Care Don't Care I Don't Care Reviews Engaging Guardian Reacting

Author:Arundhati Roy

“Legend remains victorious in spite of history.”

Remains Spite Legends

Book:Memories of my life, being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist

Source: Memories of my life, being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist

“I'm not ambitious. I don't want to get anywhere, I don't want anything more. I sometimes think that for me that is the real freedom, that I don't want anything. I don't want money or prizes. I want people to know that a war is going to be fought.”

People Thinking Knows Want War Real Sometimes Prize Ambitious Real Freedom

Author:Arundhati Roy

“He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.”

Feelings Passion Actors Strong Anger Incapable Good Actors Strong Passion

Book:The Art of the Theatre

Source: The Art of the Theatre

“My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.”

Would Be Realizing Canada Richness Quebec Great Hope

Author:Gabrielle Roy