P69: If you just said to yourself, Caste is a fiction, would it vanish like smoke; if you said, 'I am free,' would you realize you had always been free?
P102: the golden hand of the sun as it grazes the clouds is like a lover's hand as it grazes its beloved. - hindi poetry
P106: where the head is held high and the mind is without fear... Tagore
P259: strange mixture of the unbelievaly beautiful and filthy which is the nature of every Indian village- and the simultaneous desire to admire and to castigate that they had inspired in him from the time of his first visits.
P284: The Gulf War breaks out, leading to the loss of expartriate remittances from Kuwait. A severe economic crisis follows. (查看原文)
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1 有用 happyboss 2013-03-16 23:56:26
不断告诉自己都是假的也没用，好烦。“被抛下和被遗忘的人”永远是我的点啊。复辟和遗老。怕穷怕穷怕穷。
1 有用 琴酒 2013-02-10 00:24:56
作为小说来讲没有特别之处，但是作为故事来看又真实地让人无处遁形。
0 有用 Mango 2014-10-11 21:25:36
靈的。
0 有用 开海 2012-10-05 22:27:44
终于读完了，硬着头皮啦。
8 有用 妖娆猫 2012-02-20 17:03:24
越来越爱短经典了。好看的书总有好看的理由，虽然各有各的不同。目前已有13本，读过11本，还缺2本