A Quote by Arundhati Roy

It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened

Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy
Indian - Writer
Born: November 24, 1961

They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. The laws that make grandmothers grandmothers, uncles uncles, mothers mothers, cousins cousins, jam jam, and jelly jelly. It was a time when uncles became fathers, mothers lovers, and cousins died and had funerals. It was a time when the unthinkable became thinkable and the impossible really happened.

Arundhati Roy

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