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97 Uplifting Quotes By Arundhati Roy That Will Leave You Thinking

Famous As: Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Born On: 1961
Born In: Assam
Age: 62 Years
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist, essayist and political activist. She is counted among the most influential literary figures in the modern world for her path breaking novel, ‘The God of Small Things’, for which she won the Man Booker Prize. Roy is an architect by education and studied at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, India but her true calling lay in creative pursuits. She dabbled in independent films for a bit but eventually took to writing. She wrote ‘The God of Small Things’ in 1997 and it is the only novel that she has ever written. However, it went on to become a bestseller and sold a record number of copies. She has also been a prolific writer of non-fiction books that have done reasonably well and is a regular contributor of essays for several publications worldwide. Roy has taken up several political causes in her life, starting from the Naxal uprising in India to Kashmiri separatism, that have made her the centre of controversies and she is often seen expressing her thoughts on various social platforms. She is a highly gifted orator and debater, as a result of which, she is quite vocal about expressing herself on various social issues. Here is a collection of Arundhati Roy sayings and quotes that would surely interest you.
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That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Arundhati Roy
And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.

And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. Big Things lurk unsaid inside.

Arundhati Roy
If you're happy in a dream, does that count?

If you're happy in a dream, does that count?

Arundhati Roy
This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

This was the trouble with families. Like invidious doctors, they knew just where it hurt.

Arundhati Roy
Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.

Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.

Arundhati Roy
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...

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...

Arundhati Roy
When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Arundhati Roy
The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.

The way her body existed only where he touched her. The rest of her was smoke.

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

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

Arundhati Roy
I am completely a loner. In my head I want to feel I can be anywhere. There is a sort of recklessness that being a loner allows me.

I am completely a loner. In my head I want to feel I can be anywhere. There is a sort of recklessness that being a loner allows me.

Arundhati Roy
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.

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.

Arundhati Roy
There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves.

There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves.

Arundhati Roy
Some things come with their own punishments.

Some things come with their own punishments.

Arundhati Roy
The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

Arundhati Roy
Things can change in a day.

Things can change in a day.

Arundhati Roy
Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

Arundhati Roy
If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn't win.

If he touched her, he couldn't talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn't win.

Arundhati Roy
I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.

I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.

Arundhati Roy
As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these:
a) Anything can happen to anyone.
and
b) It is best to be prepared.

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.

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D’you know what happens when you hurt people?’ Ammu said. ‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

D’you know what happens when you hurt people?’ Ammu said. ‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Arundhati Roy
It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened

It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened

Arundhati Roy
It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that is purloined.

It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that is purloined.

Arundhati Roy
Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant.

Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant.

Arundhati Roy
There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Arundhati Roy
Her grief grieved her. His devastated her.

Her grief grieved her. His devastated her.

Arundhati Roy
Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story.

Little events, ordinary things, smashed and reconstituted. Suddenly, they become the bleached bones of a story.

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

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

Arundhati Roy
There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.

There are things that you can't do - like writing letters to a part of yourself. To your feet or hair. Or heart.

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And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.

And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.

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Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.

Smells, like music, hold memories. She breathed deep, and bottled it up for posterity.

Arundhati Roy