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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

BCCL | Last updated on - Oct 4, 2016, 16:46 IST
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"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."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"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."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"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."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

"I kind of resent the idea that the whole world has to be interested in the American elections."
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Quotes by Arundhati Roy that will leave you thinking

“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”

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