Arundhati Roy

"Beauty is a form of resistance because it insists that life has worth beyond utility."

"Death teaches us that time is finite and therefore our choices matter."

"Perseverance is not about never giving up but about getting up each time you fall."

"Gratitude opens us to seeing all the ways we are held and supported."

"Creativity is the ability to make something from nothing, to see what others cannot see."

"Justice is not a destination but a constant practice of choosing what is right."

"Patience is the art of hoping in the face of hopelessness."

"Kindness is the most subversive act because it cannot be co-opted by power."

"Strength is not about being hard but about remaining flexible and responsive."

"Fear teaches us what we value most deeply."

"Power is most visible when those who have it are trying to hide it."

"Money is a system of control that we've agreed to, but we can choose to disagree."

"Health is a political issue because who gets to be healthy determines who gets to survive."

"Adventure is not about going far but about seeing deeply where you are."

"Imagination is the only weapon against the imagination of those in power."

"The world is run by people no smarter than you. Once you understand that, you can do anything."

"I think it is dangerous to have an idea when you have only one."

"There's nothing like the real thing, baby. Not a simulation, not a reproduction. The real thing."

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

"The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out."

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity that defines our world."

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."

"Come, commodity. Let me sell you a dream."

"If you're happy in a dream, does that count? Does anything count if it doesn't have consequences?"

"Real change will come when ordinary people decide they have had enough."

"Silence is never empty. It contains multitudes."

"History is not something fixed in the past. It's alive and speaking to us all the time."

"We're asked to imagine the unimaginable. And then we're asked to accept it."

"The only thing worth globalizing is dissent."

"I want to write about people I love, and put them in situations that work for me."