Colonial Quotes

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness could not colonize it.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“What a charming place!” Bess remarked, as they reached a small, white, two-story colonial house surrounded by a white picket fence with a gate. Flowers, especially old-fashioned American varieties, grew in profusion in the front yard.”
― Carolyn Keene, The Clue in the Old Stagecoach

“Modern colonialism won its great victories not so much through its military and technological prowess as through its ability to create secular hierarchies incompatible with the traditional order.”
― Ashis Nandy, The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism

“...And although thus short, we shorten many ways,
Living so little while we are alive;
In eating, drinking, sleeping, vain delight
So unawares comes on perpetual night,
And puts all pleasures vain unto eternal flight.”
― Anne Bradstreet, Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1: Colonial through Romantic

“I am _not_ a woman from your village."

His eyes narrowed. "No, you are not, for if you were, you would be grateful for the better fate Connor has won for you with his blood. Rather than thinking only of yourself, you would be beside him now, tending his hurts.”
― Pamela Clare, Defiant

“Let me put it this way. Canada is not so much a country as a holding tank filled with the disgruntled progeny of defeated peoples.”
― Mordecai Richler

“हमारी जीवन शैली, आज तक अंग्रेजों से प्रभावित हैं ।
अंग्रेजों ने सूर्योदय के देश को सूर्यास्त का उत्सव मनाने वाले देश में तब्दील कर दिया ।”
― Vandana Yadav, कितने मोर्चे

“One of the tragic ironies of the second half of the 20th century is that when colonies in the developing world freed themselves from European rule, they often slid back into warfare, this time intensified by modern weaponry, organized militias, and the freedom of young men to defy tribal elders.77 As we shall see in the next chapter, this development is a countercurrent to the historical decline of violence, but it is also a demonstration of the role of Leviathans in propelling the decline.”
― Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“I have come to think it is a fault in us, to credit what we give in such a case, and never to consider what must be given up in order to receive it. - Bethia Mayfield”
― Geraldine Brooks, Caleb's Crossing

“It’s alright,” they say, “Of course, there’s beauty there,” but they hold back; you know they have seen or heard of the ugliness and the insularity there. They have experienced the farawayness of it. I have learned to keep silent, not to berate them for their disregard of the Brits’ role in the colonial tragedy of my country.”
― Christos Tsiolkas, Barracuda

“One morning, as he sat at his desk, he heard the sound of a horse's hooves on the path outside his house. He stepped out on to the verandah. There, on a tall grey horse, sat Morgane. 'I've come to have my picture painted,' she said. She took off her hat and her long black hair cascaded below her shoulders. 'You said you would,' she added, before dismounting. She wore a pair of moleskin jodhpurs and a white shirt, open at the neck. Her skin was radiant from the African sun.”
― P.B. North, Girl in the Picture

“—El problema, licenciado, es que la mayoría, la inmensa mayoría de los puerroriqueños, no se sienten presos, sino todo lo contrario, se creen libres dentro de la colonia.”
― Hiram Lozada Perez, Los Das de Abril: Novela (Coleccion La Montana de Papel)

“I imagined a ball, visitors coming in from all over England, or perhaps a house party. Most of my idea of old houses had come from Downtown Abbey, and I imagined women in delicate Edwardian dresses headed for dinner, ropes of pearls and rubies looped around their thin necks. As if to accommodate my vision, I opened one of the doors to find a peacock-themed room, redolent with the fading colonial era.”
― Barbara O'Neal, The Art of Inheriting Secrets

“Writing a book is both rewarding and inspiring The preparation, research and introduction of new chapters to an ever increasing text provides enormous excitement as one gets closer and closer to completion The culmination of all the hours of work combined with the emotional input in its creation cannot describe the sense of pride and accomplishment when it is finally published”
― Roy Taylor, African Sunsets: A Settlers' Story

“Imperials rise upon indigenous fall,
declaring themselves as light-bringer.
Native tears form kohinoor on the crown,
Blood is but cologne to the colonizer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Native tears form kohinoor on the crown, blood is but cologne to the colonizer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Colonialism is cannibalism.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Colonials go home, not to England or Europe, but straight to the jungle!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“When I use the term colonizer, I refer only to those who take pride in colonial exploits, and not to those accountable human beings who happen to descend from colonial ancestors. Colonialism is the enemy, it has nothing to do with skin or ancestry. As long as you stand true on ethics of equality and mettle of character, rather than boasting pedigree and archaic tradition, you are a champion of humanity, no matter your ethnicity, ancestry, profession or status.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“Colonialism was a mass extinction event, yet no textbook has the spine to bear the burden.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“White history sells the West as the free world, but dig into earth history, and you'll realize, West is the biggest threat to life and freedom.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop