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Shehan Karunatilaka
“I guess every creature thinks itself the centre of the universe.'
'I don't. Because we're not. We are microcosms,' says the leopard. 'An ant colony contains the universe. Though it is not its centre.”
Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka
“But laws are needed. Because made-up religions are not enough.”
Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka
“Humans believe they make their own thoughts and possess their own will. This is yet another placebo that we swallow after birth. Thoughts are whispers that come from without as well as within. They can no more be controlled than the wind. Whispers will blow across your mind at all times and you will succumb to more of them than you think.”
Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka
“Nothing is forgotten. We just don't remember where we put it.”
Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka
“I've watched your kind. Both as beast and as ghost. I can't understand why humans destroy when they can create. Such a waste.”
Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

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