Quotes
Authors
Arundhati Roy

"When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride. Her silk sunset-coloured sari shot with gold. Rings on every finger. White dots of sandalwood paste over her arched eye-brows. Looking at herself like this, Ammu's soft mouth would twist into a small, bitter smile at the memory - not of the wedding itself so much as the fact that she had permitted herself to be so painstakingly decorated before being led to the gallows. It seemed so absurd. So futile. Like polishing firewood."

-- Arundhati Roy

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“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”
“Michael Winterbottom is one of the great directors of this century.”
“The message of the summoned life is that you don't need to panic if you don't yet know what you want to do with your life. But you probably want to throw yourselves into circumstances where the summons will come.”

Source : Commencement Address at Rice University in Houston, May 14, 2011.
“Be humble and grateful for what you have and the universe will reward your gratitude.”
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