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“I was already well schooled in looking away, the jungle-craft of gentility.”

Book:The Shadow Lines

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The Shadow Lines

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Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author renowned for his historical fiction and non-fiction works. Born on July 11, 1956, Ghosh has achieved international recognition for his intricate storytelling and detailed narratives. His writing frequently delves into themes of colonialism, globalization, and the environment. more

“The embrace of essential beastliness, made scientific and respectable by a reading of Darwin that may or may not have done justice to his intentions, thrilled and enthralled Western thought in certain quarters and in fact still does enthrall persons and groups that experience live in society as a barely tolerable constraint on a kind of freedom they consider a birthright. This freedom appears to have most of the essential features of a war of each against all, whether a hot war that compels them to go armed to Starbucks or to church or a cold war that makes a virtue of craftiness and guile, the ability to loot and wreck the national economy without getting caught.”

Freedom Society Human Nature Guns

Book:When I Was A Child I Read Books

Source: When I Was A Child I Read Books

“People do change. And no matter how close we once were, and how much we opened up to each other, maybe neither of us know anything substantial about the other.”

People Human Nature People Relations

Book:Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“But even a vessel pulsates, beats and pumps in ecstasy and in rage! I wonder are the way we are because we are trying to protect ourselves from the “monsters” not realizing this fear that we are harboring inside us is turning us into goblins and ghouls ourselves? Not even a heart caged inside of ribs can be protected. Who can really be to blame for your broken heart? In-turn we find our own vices , our own ways to cope, ways that we petrify our bodies our lives in such a fashion so we can stop and notice the stars sparkling in the sky everything and everyone that embodies love YOUR LOVE… and every spec dancing in our own light, specs we failed to see because of our own faults.”