“ (Ulrich, 100 year old Bulgarian man): in Solo, by Rana Dasgupta"Ulrich has sometimes wondered whether his life has been a failure. Once he would have looked at all this and said yes. But now he does n… Rana Dasgupta
“ They said, Now we are capitalists! but all Ulrich could see was criminality to a principle. Rana Dasgupta
“ They go to Paris to learn how to make bombs and they come back having learned only how to write poetry, which they think is more explosive. Rana Dasgupta
“ He was like the other half of myself,' says Boris...Ulrich says, 'You haven't lost {him}, you know. I don't know if it helps to say that. I lost a friend once myself, and I know how it goes.'He'll fin… Rana Dasgupta
“ Before the man lost his sight, he read this story in a magazine: a group of explorers came upon a community of parrots speaking the language of a society that had been wiped out in a recent catastroph… Rana Dasgupta
“ Reality is never clear, said Boris. It's never final. You can always change it or see it a different way. Rana Dasgupta
“ When they brought in communism it was for the people, so they killed the people. Now they've brought in capitalism, which is for the rich, so they only kill the rich. This time you and I have nothing… Rana Dasgupta
“ How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this is what Einstein meant when he looked me in the eye that day and said, I would… Rana Dasgupta
“ You haven't lost Iraki, you know. I don't know if it helps to say that. I lost a friend once myself, and I know how it goes.'He'll find his way inside you, and you'll carry him onward. Behind your hea… Rana Dasgupta
