Paul Scott

“This is the story of a rape, of the events that led up to it and followed it and of the people who were involved.”

“We're all stumbling in the dark and we're all looking for the light.”

“In India, we are always seeing ghosts.”

“The real evil is the breakdown of communication.”

“To be English was to be born into a situation of moral ambiguity.”

“Trouble is, we've been taught to see things in black and white. It's only the gray areas that matter.”

“History is a matter of voices, not facts.”

“A man is what he is, not what he was.”

“The world, somebody wrote, is the place we prove real by dying in it.”

“But the past is a great temptation and a snare, a web that can hold you and prevent you from moving on.”

“The illusion of permanence is a very strong one.”

“Life isn't a matter of grace, but of grit.”

“I'm not sure that I have a soul. I'm not sure that I want one.”