Dancing in Cambodia, at Large in Burma Quotes

“How do we quantify the help needed to rebuild these ruined lives? The question is answered easily enough if we pose it not in the abstract but in relation to ourselves. To put ourselves in the place of these victims is to know that all the help in the world would not be enough. Sufficiency is not a concept that is applicable here; potentially there is no limit to the amount of relief that can be used.”
― Amitav Ghosh, Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays

“Terror is an emanation of virtue.”
― Amitav Ghosh, Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays