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“There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.”

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Arundhati Roy

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

“Every strategy for real social change - land reform, education, public health, the equitable distribution of natural resources ... - has been cleverly, cunningly, and consistently scuttled and rendered ineffectual by those castes and that class of people which has a stranglehold on the political process.”

People Has Beens Real Political Social Process Natural Class Land Resources Strategy Reform Consistently Social Change Distribution Natural Resources Public Health Castes Equitable

Book:War Talk

Source: War Talk

“Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.”

Disease Terrorism Symptoms

Book:The End of Imagination

Source: The End of Imagination

“Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.”

Kind War Causes Century Nationalism Genocide Twentieth Century Shrouds

Book:War Talk

Source: War Talk

“The only good thing about nuclear war is that it is the single most egalitarian idea that man has ever had. On the day of reckoning, you will not be asked to present your credentials. The devastation will be indiscriminate.”

Men Ideas War Good Things Nuclear Nuclear War Reckoning Devastation Credentials

Author:Arundhati Roy

“If 'heartache' sounds exaggerated then surely you have never gone to your garden one rare morning in June to find that the frost, without any perceptible motive, any hope of personal gain, has quietly killed your strawberry blossoms, tomatoes, lima and green beans, corn, squash, cucumbers. A brilliant sun is now smiling at this disaster with an insenstive cheerfulness as out of place as a funny story would be if someone you loved had just died.”

Source: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

“Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And why do people who like to work feel superior to those who prefer to dream?”

People Feels Looks Dream Lying Bed Late Superiors Get Up Disdain Up Early

Book:How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

Source: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

“the bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss.”

Should Ignorance Bliss Satisfying Be Encouraged

Book:How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

Source: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

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