"What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found myself attacked by these ghostly men, these trusting boys? How do you fight an enemy who fights with neither enmity nor anger but in submission to orders from superiors, without protest and without conscience?"

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Source : Amitav Ghosh (2001). “The Glass Palace: A Novel”, p.31, Random House

Amitav Ghosh

#Country Quotes #Home Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.”
“You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.”
“Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.”
“And no matter how good you are you have to work at it. It's non-stop every day, every day. The best the offensive line feels is when the season starts.”

Source : Source: www.post-gazette.com
“Is there anybody hiding there in the dark?”

Source : "Fictional character: Clouseau". "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", www.imdb.com. 1976.
“Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike above timberline, sunbathe on snow and eat some ice, climb the rocks and stand in the wind at the top of the world on the peak of Tukuhnikivats.”
“To be controlled in our economic pursuits means to be controlled in everything.”
“Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray with me for the success of the mission before us. And while we pray, let us get on our knees and not look down but up with faces raised to the sky so that we can see God and ask his blessing in what we are about to do.”

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