Quote by Arundhati Roy

"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."

Arundhati Roy Politics
Author, Activist Indian Born 1961 (age 65)

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