"What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude."
-V. S. Naipaul
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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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"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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"Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well."
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"It is important not to trust people too much."
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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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"One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal."
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