Author: V. S. Naipaul

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Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.

- V. S. Naipaul

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all.

One isn't born one's self. One is born with a mass of expectations, a mass of other people's ideas - and you have to work through it all.

- V. S. Naipaul

My life is short. I can't listen to banality.

My life is short. I can't listen to banality.

- V. S. Naipaul

To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'

To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'

- V. S. Naipaul

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.

I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.

- V. S. Naipaul

The world is always in movement.

The world is always in movement.

- V. S. Naipaul

I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.

I profoundly feel that people are letting you down all the time.

- V. S. Naipaul

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