{"id":133,"date":"2019-04-06T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/\/?p=133"},"modified":"2019-04-06T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T11:11:00","slug":"profound-words-from-the-god-of-small-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=133","title":{"rendered":"Profound Words from The God of Small Things."},"content":{"rendered":"
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As promised, here is a post about some of the most profound words from Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things.’ I bashed out a lot in the earlier post<\/a> about how much I hated this book. But, there is always something good in bad, so this post is all about that. Hope you find it thought-provoking.<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to.”<\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n

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“Silence hung in the air like secret loss.”<\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n

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“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Some punishments were so big that they were like cupboards with built-in bedrooms.”<\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n

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“He was only trying to deserve the attention that he had already attracted.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Around her, the Air was sad, somehow. And behind the smile in her eyes, the Grief was a fresh, shining blue.”<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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“For you what is a nonsense, for Masses it is something different.”<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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“In her mind she kept an organized, careful account of Things She’d Done For People, and Things People Hadn’t Done For Her.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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“If he held her, he couldn\u2019t kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn\u2019t see her. If he saw her, he couldn\u2019t feel her.”<\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n

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“The emptiness in one twin was only a version of the quietness in the other. Like the two things fitted together. Like stacked spoons. Like familiar lovers’ bodies.”<\/span><\/div>\n

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I have been reading a lot of books these days & it feels amazing to write all these reviews & make content. I am forever grateful to my audience!!<\/span><\/div>\n

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Until next time,<\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n
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Hello Readers, As promised, here is a post about some of the most profound words from Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things.’ I bashed out a lot in the earlier post about how much I hated this book. But, there is always something good in bad, so this post is all about that. Hope […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-books","category-mindscape-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134,"url":"https:\/\/mindscapeinwords.com\/?p=134","url_meta":{"origin":133,"position":0},"title":"Thoughts I Had While Reading The God of Small Things.","author":"Aishwarya Shenolikar","date":"March 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi Readers! 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