I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevitably defeat me, because it is not a presence at all.
What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found myself attacked by these ghostly men, these trusting b… - Amitav Ghosh
What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found myself attacked by these ghostly men, these trusting b…
- Amitav Ghosh
You see, in our family we don't know whether we're coming or going - it's all my grandmother's fault. But, of course, the fault wasn't hers at all: i… - Amitav Ghosh
You see, in our family we don't know whether we're coming or going - it's all my grandmother's fault. But, of course, the fault wasn't hers at all: i…
To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past. - Amitav Ghosh
To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter. - Amitav Ghosh
If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter.
I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevi… - Amitav Ghosh
I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevi…
...yet, unbeknownst to him, it had been kept alive - and it was only now, in listening to Deet's songs, that he recognized that the secret source of … - Amitav Ghosh
...yet, unbeknownst to him, it had been kept alive - and it was only now, in listening to Deet's songs, that he recognized that the secret source of …
[T]hat state, love, is so utterly alien to that other idea without which we cannot live as human beings --- the idea of justice. It is only because l… - Amitav Ghosh
[T]hat state, love, is so utterly alien to that other idea without which we cannot live as human beings --- the idea of justice. It is only because l…
How do you lose a word? Does it vanish into your memory, like an old toy in a cupboard, and lie hidden in the cobwebs and dust, waiting to be cleaned… - Amitav Ghosh
How do you lose a word? Does it vanish into your memory, like an old toy in a cupboard, and lie hidden in the cobwebs and dust, waiting to be cleaned…
The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake. - Amitav Ghosh
The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake.
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