Adrija

“Sena hand-picks the crew for today’s mission and takes them to the
mara tree outside the Palace for a final briefing. ‘This is where I died.
And when they killed me, all I remembered was the pain.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“They burned everything. Everything I did. Everything I saw. All
gone.’
‘It takes more than photos to stop this train, putha. Leave your pity
party, brother. Think of why you were Down There. What was your
purpose? Was it just gambling and taking photos and squeezing cock?’
‘I was there to witness. That is all. All those sunrises and all those
massacres existed because I filmed them. Now, they are as dead as me.’
‘You can whine. Or you can work.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“History
is people with ships and weapons wiping out those who forgot to invent
them. Every civilisation begins with a genocide. It is the rule of the
universe. The immutable law of the jungle, even this one made of
concrete. You can see it in the movement of the stars, and in the dance of
every atom. The rich will enslave the penniless. The strong will crush the
weak.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“A faraway place with no relatives close by will do just fine.”
― Perumal Murugan, Fire Bird