Quotes by arundhati roy

If protesting against having a nuclear bomb implanted in my brain is anti-Hindu and anti-national, then I secede. I hereby declare myself an independent, mobile republic. I am a citizen of the earth. I own no territory. I have no flag. My policies are simple. I'm willing to sign any nuclear non-proliferation treaty or nuclear test ban treaty that's going. Immigrants are welcome. You can help me design our flag.

the truth is that it's far easier to make a bomb than to educate four hundred million people.

Railing against the past will not heal us. History has happened. It's over and done with. All we can do is to change its course by encouraging what we love instead of destroying what we don't.

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.

Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It depends on us.

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

Box-cutters, penknives, and cold anger are the weapons with which the wars of the new century will be waged. Anger is the lock pick. It slips through customs unnoticed. Doesn't show up in baggage checks.

The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way! On a quiet day, if you listen carefully, you can hear her breathing

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."