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"In a Free State" Quotes
"In a Free State" by V.S. Naipaul explores themes of displacement and identity through interconnected stories set in various locations, highlighting the struggles of individuals navigating post-colonial landscapes.
Quotes
There is no place one can hide from the world.
To leave the world a little better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
People who can’t control themselves always feel they have a right to control other people.
We cannot live in the past, but the past in us.
It is important to have a sense of your own worth and integrity.
Freedom is not a gift, it is a responsibility.
The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known.
There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood.
Every journey conceals another journey within its lines: the path not taken and the forgotten angle.
The world is always changing, but the past is always still there.
