Damon Galgut, Arctic Summer Quotes
He feared at certain moments that the only new knowledge he would take away from this country was learning how to swim and use the telephone.
All of them would understand, as he did now, that he had crossed a line in himself, he had left their world behind, the decent world of tea parties and suburban witticisms.
What he sensed more than anything else was kindness – a kindness of a human and immediate sort. It was surprising how very radical this simple emotion could be.
The Indians were inside their bodies, he decided, in a way that the British were not. His own flesh impeded his spirit.
What I don’t understand about your type is that you want to emulate the other side. You kick up such a commotion about being different, and all you want is to be the same.
