And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over
V. S. NaipaulSome writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well.
V. S. NaipaulWe cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.
V. S. Naipaul