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Truth V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | truth

One must always try to see the truth of a situation – it makes things universal.

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trust V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | trust

It is important not to trust people too much.

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strength V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | strength

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

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society V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | society

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

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Home V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | home

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

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Home V. S. Naipaul

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I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people’s lands.

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history V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul | history

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.’

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history V. S. Naipaul

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Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

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history V. S. Naipaul

It’s very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing… if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, you’ve got it half-made. I mean intellectually.