The God of Small Things

"Violence begets violence in ways that cannot be controlled."

"Dreams are often more real than the waking world."

"Culture and custom have the power to destroy individuals."

"Home is a place we can never truly return to."

"The shape of our lives is determined by moments we cannot predict."

"We are all complicit in our own suffering and that of others."

"Mortality casts its shadow over every moment of joy."

"The river knows the secrets we dare not speak."

"Nature operates according to laws that humans cannot truly understand."

"Fear can paralyze us more effectively than any physical restraint."

"Forgiveness requires an understanding we rarely possess."

"The small things we remember define who we become."

"Society's rules are designed to protect its own order, not its people."

"Time moves differently for those who suffer."

"Love and hate are two sides of the same coin."

"The cost of survival is often borne by the most vulnerable."

"Innocence, once lost, can never be truly recovered."

"Secrets are the currency of family survival."

"Words can wound more deeply than any physical blow."

"Desire is a dangerous thing that cannot be contained."

"We are all imprisoned by the expectations of others."

"The past has a way of intruding upon the present."

"Beauty can exist even in the darkest circumstances."

"Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies."

"The smaller things in life often carry the greatest weight."

"Love is a form of insanity that must be endured."

"History is not what happened. History is what is remembered."

"The world, as it exists, is not something we should accept as inevitable or unchangeable."