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Dubliners
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But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.
“Now that I’ve forgiven myself, the reminders of him only make me smile.”
― Reminders of Him
― Reminders of Him
“And the ones who disappear, they don't know that they're going to. They disappear without knowing. Just like that. They go away and then nobody sees them any more.”
― Ms Ice Sandwich
― Ms Ice Sandwich
“- චන්ද්රානි වගේ කවුරුත් මේ ලෝකෙ ඇතියි කියල මං හිතන්නෙ නෑ.
- ඒ ඇයි? ඒ චරිතය හරිම තාත්විකයි.
- චන්ද්රානි මවාපු චරිතයක්. ඒක තාත්වික වෙන්ඩ ඇති. ඒ උණාට තාත්වික චරිතයක් කියන්නෙ හැබෑ චරිතයක් නෙවි. හැබෑ මිනිසුන් පොත්වල චරිත තරම් තාත්වික නෑ”
― අතීරණය
- ඒ ඇයි? ඒ චරිතය හරිම තාත්විකයි.
- චන්ද්රානි මවාපු චරිතයක්. ඒක තාත්වික වෙන්ඩ ඇති. ඒ උණාට තාත්වික චරිතයක් කියන්නෙ හැබෑ චරිතයක් නෙවි. හැබෑ මිනිසුන් පොත්වල චරිත තරම් තාත්වික නෑ”
― අතීරණය
“Some of the aunties in Dial A for Aunties speak the sort of broken English that my parents’ generation does. Their grasp of the English language is not a reflection of their intelligence, but a reflection of the sacrifice that they have made for us. They are, in essence, trilingual, and I am so proud of this heritage.”
― Dial A for Aunties
― Dial A for Aunties
“Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?”
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
― Remarkably Bright Creatures
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