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“It is not an easy thing to be a woman and love with the whole heart: which men do not understand -- having many loves, and delighting in danger and war.”

Quote by M.M. Kaye

Work

The Far Pavilions

The Far Pavilions is a novel that delves into the complex relationship between British colonialism and Indian society. The story follows the life of a young Englishman who is educated in an Indian school and becomes deeply involved in the local culture, leading to a rich tapestry of personal growth and cultural exploration. more

Author

M.M. Kaye
M.M. Kaye

M.M. Kaye, a British writer born on August 21, 1908, and passed away on January 29, 2004, is renowned for her historical and adventure novels. Her most famous work is 'The Lost Horizon.' Kaye is known for her rich imagination and profound understanding of history. more

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“[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by the fiery stamp of genius. Not by birth, not by the work of one's hands, not by the wings of education is one elected into the people. But by one's inner self. Everyone forges his inner self year after year. One must try to temper, to cut, to polish one's soul so as to become a human being. And thereby become a tiny particle of one's own people.”

“Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too quietly for her to hear them. Some would argue that things were going so insiduously wrong that the neurons themselves initiated events that would lead to their own destruction. Whether it was molecular murder or cellular suicide, they were unable to warn her of what was happening before they died.”

“But will I always love her? Does my love for her reside in my head or my heart? The scientist in her believed that emotion resulted from complex limbic brain circuitry that was for her, at this very moment, trapped in the trenches of a battle in which there would be no survivors. The mother in her believed that the love she hadd for her daughter was safe from the mayhem in her mind, because it lived in her heart.”