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“He runs his hands along her scabby back, and she does the same along his, and as they work together, clutching each other, some scars reopen. They are both bleeding now, both bride and bridegroom, in this unholy holy union.”

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Book:Homegoing

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“This arrogant, conceited history strides with her head in the clouds and never looks down. She does not realize how she crushes millions of people beneath her feet. The common people. She doesn't understand that one may cut a mountain in two, but people? It's a hard task, Bhai, to cute one people in two. They bleed.”

History Blood India Pakistan Refugee Bloodshed Partition

Book:Two

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“A deep sigh coursed through the gathering. Master Fazal said, 'History will keep on marching like this. The names of a few people will stick to her fabric. She will register those. there was Hitler, there was Mussolini, Churchill and Joseph Stalin, among others. this time the names maybe Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jinnah, Subhash Bose! But the names of the lakhs and crores who have lost their lives will be nowhere. They will be mere numbers in which all of us will be included!”

History Blood India Pakistan Refugee Bloodshed Partition

Book:Two

Source: Two

“Seeds, blood. How could you fight such hopeless ideas?”

Family Blood Hopelessness

Book:Pachinko

Source: Pachinko

“The offal vendor folded a beef tongue, wrapped it in paper, passed it to a Chinese woman and wiped the sprinkles of blood from the price tag with a damp washcloth.”

Blood Beef Tongue

Book:Natura morta

Source: Natura morta

“When I first studied the photographs I could not tell what she looked like or even the color of her hair. All I saw was red.”

Blood Crime Thriller

Book:Body of Evidence

Source: Body of Evidence

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