Eugenia

“Do animals get an afterlife? Or is their punishment to be reborn as human?”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“Activists, like politicians, are skilled in the art of dodging accusations.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“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

“You know why the battle of good vs evil is so one-sided, Malin? Because evil is better organised, better equipped and better paid. It is not monsters or yakas or demons we should fear. Organised collectives of evil doers who think they are performing the work of the righteous. That is what should make us shudder.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida