Jhumpa Lahiri Quote

When a man goes silent on his ways and plans, you must ponder!

Captain Smek himself appeared on television for an official speech to humankind. [...] 'Noble Savages of Earth,' he said. 'Long time we have tried to live together in peace.' (It had been five months....

These days, the bigger the company, the less you can figure out what it does.

But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms of invasion: certain words, sounds, lights, actions his hands or feet...

All of a sudden, we've lost a lot of control. We can't turn off our internet; we can't turn off our smartphones; we can't turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do...

No language meant no chance of co-opting them in to what their round and flaxen invaders were calling Salvation.

The streets were empty, the courtyards and gardens as if dead. In the Turkish houses depression and confusion reigned, in the Christian houses caution and distrust. But everywhere and for everyone the...

Fortune favours the brave, sir, said Carrot cheerfully.Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis a vis heavily armed, well prepared and excessively manned armies?Oh, no–one's e...