"Miguel Street" Quotes
"Miguel Street" by V.S. Naipaul is a collection of interconnected stories that explore the lives, struggles, and aspirations of the colorful residents of a street in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
fiction | Published in 2000
Quotes
The world is a funny place, and people are all funny people.
Everybody in Miguel Street said that Man-man was mad.
It was really a beauty of a day.
I suppose it's better to be mad and know the truth than to be sane and believe a lie.
I could write poetry too if I wanted to, but I don't want to.
When a man gets old he doesn't want new things, he wants old things.
Some people are born with their happiness inside.
I was nearly always happy, and when I wasn't, it was because a book had upset me.
People who can laugh are the luckiest people in the world.
I used to think everybody was like me, but I know now that I am different.