“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“Sexy means loving someone you do not know.”
― Interpreter of Maladies
― Interpreter of Maladies
“...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.”
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
“Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.”
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
― The Tale of the Unknown Island
“There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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