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“D'you know what happens when you hurt people?” Ammu said. “When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
“On clear nights the sound of the chenda traveled up to a kilometre from the Ayemenem temple, announcing a kathakali performance. Rahel went. Drawn by the memory of steep roofs and white walls. Of brass lamps lit and dark, oiled wood.”
— Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things (via theperfumemaker)
“Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Imbued with new meaning. Suddenly they become the bleached bones of a story.”
— The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy (b. 24 November 1961)
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.
Arundhati Roy
War *is* the economy
This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.
- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.
- Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
“She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one...” — Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things