V. S. Naipaul citations (34 citations, Page 2)

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V. S. Naipaul: Citations en anglais

“I could scarcely bear to look at her eyes. They promised such intimacies.”

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V.S. Naipaul livre Half a Life

Half a Life (2001)

“One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.”

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V.S. Naipaul

As quoted in "V.S. Naipaul in Search of Himself: A Conversation" with Mel Gussow, The New York Times, (24 April 1994)

“Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.”

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V.S. Naipaul

As quoted in "Wanderer of Endless Curiosity" by R. Z. Sheppard in Time magazine (10 July 1989) http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,958134,00.html

“While the Ottomans moved into South-East Europe, the Moghul invasion of India destroyed much of Hindu and Buddhist civilization there. The recent destruction by Moslems in Afghanistan of colossal Buddhist statues is a reminder of what happened to temples and shrines, on an enormous scale, when Islam took over.”

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V.S. Naipaul livre India: A Wounded Civilization

India: A Wounded Civilization (1977)

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