The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

Quote by V S Naipaul

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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid...

All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid...

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had...

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had...

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was...

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was...

But everything of value about me is in my books.

But everything of value about me is in my books.

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

It was a good place for getting lost in, a city no one ever knew,...

We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When...

We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When...

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest...

Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest...

The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this...

The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this...

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.

I will say I am the sum of my books.

I will say I am the sum of my books.

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in...

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in...

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am...

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am...

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have...

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have...

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told...

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told...

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...

Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world...

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to...

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.