#la

Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#feel #home #house #i #idea

I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#come #had #home #i #i always

I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#became #discovery #i #interested #islamic

I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#entered #grew #i #left #place

I went to India and met some people who had been involved in this guerrilla business, middle-class people who were rather vain and foolish. There was no revolutionary grandeur to it. Nothing. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#business #foolish #grandeur #guerrilla #had

If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the culture. It's a form of aggression. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#another #country #culture #decide #disregard

Noah held my hand and my bag as he escorted me to the third floor - the Women's Pavilion. The elevator bell rang and the doors opened. "Jesus, Echo, circulation in my hand would be a good thing," said Noah. "Sorry." I tried to let go, but Noah kept his fingers linked with mine. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#echo-emerson #funny #katie-mcgarry #love #noah-and-echo

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#demands #human #human race #learn #material

When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that makes it acceptable to live life. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#always #certain #danced #heavier #i

I think that the World Cup is a big factor for this increased interest. I don't believe all of this is a result of just myself but also because of the others who are playing abroad. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#also #because #believe #big #cup