Author: Romesh Gunesekera

Quotes

I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

- Romesh Gunesekera

For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time.

For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time.

- Romesh Gunesekera

Language is the means by which we negotiate our relationship with time.

Language is the means by which we negotiate our relationship with time.

- Romesh Gunesekera

Who controls the present controls the past. There's a power structure, if you like, between the present and the past and the future, and that's what I'm interested in.

Who controls the present controls the past. There's a power structure, if you like, between the present and the past and the future, and that's what I'm interested in.

- Romesh Gunesekera

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