“Exploration was for those with a measure of peasant blood, those with big thighs and thick ankles who could take punishment as they took bread and salt, on every inch of flesh and spirit.”
“The greatest explorer on this earth never takes voyages as long as those of the man who descends to the depth of his heart.”
“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who invent ingenious justifications for inequality, the punishments to those who try to remedy it.”
“Living was okay, but it wasn't the breaths people took that measured a life. It was the moments that took those breaths away that mattered the most. And Dev did that every time he looked at her. Naked or not.”
“Oh, God! That bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!”
“Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.”