Kiran Desai Quotes

He Knew What His Father Thought: That Immigration, So Often Presented As A Heroic Act, Could Just As Easily Be The Opposite; That It Was Cowardice That Led Many To America; Fear Marked The Journey, Not Bravery; A Cockroachy Desire To Scuttle To Where You Never Saw Poverty, Not Really, Never Had To Suffer A Tug To Your Conscience; Where You Never Heard The Demands Of Servants, Beggars, Bankrupt Relatives, And Where Your Generosity Would Never Be Openly Claimed; Where By Merely Looking After Your Wife-child-dog-yard You Could Feel Virtuous. Experience The Relief Of Being An Unknown Transplant To The Locals And Hide The Perspective Granted By Journey. Ohio Was The First Place He Loved, For There At Last He Had Been Able To Acquire Poise

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