"The book of your revolution sits in the pit of your belly, young Indian. Crap it out, and read. Instead of which, they're all sitting in front of color TVs and watching cricket and shampoo advertisements."

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Source : Aravind Adiga (2008). “The White Tiger: A Novel”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

Aravind Adiga

#Book Quotes #Color Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'”
“Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that of solidarity with the rest of mankind.”
“I had a patient once who dreamed she kept her husband in the deep freeze except for mating. Lots of men feel that way.”
“Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.”
“Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are.”
“Each and every soul will become consciously aware of the ability to communicate with the divine.”
“I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [...] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets.”
“When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.”

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