25 Quotes by Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and political activist who is known for her novels "The God of Small Things" and "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness." She is also a vocal critic of Indian politics and has been involved in activism on issues such as human rights, environmentalism, and anti-globalization. Roy's work is known for its lyricism and its exploration of themes such as family, identity, and social justice. She has won numerous awards for her writing and activism, including the Booker Prize for "The God of Small Things." Roy continues to be an influential figure in Indian literature and politics. (Bio)
Arundhati Roy Quotes
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. (Meaning)
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds. Pity the nation that needs to jail those who ask for justice, while communal killers, mass murderers, corporate scamsters, looters, rapists, and those who prey on the poorest of the poor, roam free. (Meaning)
He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.
To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We think they are relics of the past, but they may be the gatekeepers to our future.
Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.
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.
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.
The people who created the crisis in the first place will not be the ones that come up with a solution.
The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
Human rights are fundamental rights, they are the minimum, the very least we demand. Too often, they become the goal itself. What should be the minimum becomes the maximum - all we are supposed to expect - but human rights aren't enough. The goal is, and must always be, justice.
The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There's no innocence. Either way, you're accountable.
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.
Use your art to fight.
Things can change in a day.
Some things come with their own punishments.
It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened
Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.
At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody.
The world's 'freeest' country has the highest number in prison.
There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves.
She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one. She spent hours on the riverbank. She smoked cigarettes and had midnight swims.
I could weep for a river-valley, and I have. But for a country? Oh man, I don't know.
― Arundhati Roy Quotes
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