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. - Arundhati Roy quotes

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.

Author: Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy Quotes - Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

Author: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy Quotes - NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

Author: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy Quotes - The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a status quo that is intrinsically unjust - and then tries to make it more accountable.

The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a status quo that is intrinsically unjust - and then tries to make it more accountable.

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Arundhati Roy Quotes - Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

Author: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy Quotes - States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence - so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only - or well that's excessive - usually, the resistance.

States have invested themselves with the right to legitimise violence - so who gets criminalised and delegitimised? Only - or well that's excessive - usually, the resistance.

Author: Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy Quotes - Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to every morning.

Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to every morning.

Author: Arundhati Roy

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