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Arundhati Roy
“Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.”
Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

Timeri N. Murari
“Like all who inhabit a police state, we live bland and obedient outer lives, while our inner ones seeth in rebellion.”
Timeri N. Murari, The Taliban Cricket Club

Osamu Dazai
“If ever I meet someone society has designated as an outcast, I invariably feel affection for him, an emotion which carries me away in melting tenderness.”
Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Shelby Van Pelt
“Ah, to be a human, for whom bliss can be achieved by mere ignorance! Here, in the kingdom of animals, ignorance is dangerous. The poor herring dropped into the tank lacks any awareness of the shark lurking below. Ask the herring whether what he doesn’t know can hurt him.”
Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

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