"We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves."

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Source : V. S. Naipaul (2012). “A Way in the World: A Sequence”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

V. S. Naipaul

#Sometimes Quotes #Stranger Quotes #Traits Quotes

“When you have a couple hundred people in one huge space, that's gonna lead to jokes and it's a breeding ground for practical jokes and teasing.”
“Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue, and to me; Dwell in a monk, or light upon a king, She's still the same belov'd, contented thing.”
“Only that which is not said is sincere.”

Source : Fernando Tavares Sabino (1967). “A time to meet”, Harvill Press
“Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.”
“I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee together, but then it's list-making time. I have carpentry projects. We have roads we keep in repair. It's not back-breaking, but it's certainly aerobic and mildly strenuous.”

Source : "Goodbye Texas, hello Woking!" by William Leith, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2006.
“The optimum committee has no members.”
“I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.”

Source : "The unvarnished truth". Interview with Peter Craven, www.theaustralian.com.au. October 3, 2009.
“I was buying Bob Dylan mainly, everything I could get hold of by him.”

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