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the writer is the mid wife of understanding.

— Arundhati Roy Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers by Phaidon (2018)

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"Another world is not only possible, she's on the way and, on a quiet day, if you listen very carefully you can hear her breathe."

Sometimes there's truth in old cliches. There can be no real peace without justice. And without resistance there will be no justice.

While, legally and constitutionally, speech may be free, the space in which that freedom can be exercised has been snatched from us and auctioned to the highest bidders.

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2005)

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2005)

People rarely win wars, governments rarely (completely) lose them. People (do completely) get killed.

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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman (1903)

Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

Oscar Wilde A Woman of No Importance (1893)

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Samuel Johnson

The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

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