"There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard."

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Source : Arundhati Roy (2006). “Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire”, p.330, Penguin Books India

Arundhati Roy

#Feminist Quotes #Voiceless Quotes #Unheard Quotes

“I'm a girl who loves to share information, especially empowering, life-changing, information.”
“Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.”
“As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for him.”
“I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.”
“I've always been an unselfish guy, and that's the only way I know how to play on the court and I try to play to the maximum of my ability - not only for myself but for my teammates.”
“Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.”
“Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.”
“A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.”

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