"One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal."
-V. S. Naipaul
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"If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.“
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"It is important not to trust people too much."
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"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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"Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society."
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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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"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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