Rana Dasgupta Quotes

#1. Our saints have always been theives and murderers. That's the proof of the loftiness of their hearts. (spoken by Ulrich's neighbor)

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#2. I feel that the single-minded pursuit of wealth has led the middle classes into a crisis,

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#3. When they brought in communism it was for the people, so they killed the people. Now they've brought in capitalism, which is for the rich, so they only kill the rich. This time you and I have nothing to worry about.

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#4. There is far more to us than what we live.

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#5. Ties are straightened and expressions banished.

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#6. Reality is never clear, said Boris. It's never final. You can always change it or see it a different way.

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#7. They said, Now we are capitalists! but all Ulrich could see was criminality to a principle.

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#8. The amount of good and bad in the world always remains the same. It neither increases nor decreases, it only changes hands.

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#9. They go to Paris to learn how to make bombs and they come back having learned only how to write poetry, which they think is more explosive.

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