The Mimic Men Quotes

“Certain ideas overwhelm us by their simplicity.”
― V.S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men

“All landscapes eventually turn to land, the gold of the imagination to the lead of reality”
― V.S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men

“In the city as nowhere else we are reminded that we are individuals, units. Yet the idea of the city remains; it is the god of the city we pursue, in vain.”
― V.S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men

“The tragedy of power like mine is that there is no way down. There can only be extinction. Dust to dust; rags to rags; fear to fear.”
― V.S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men

“We violate no body so much as our own: towards it we display the perversity of the cat that constantly rips its wounds open.”
― V.S. Naipaul, The Mimic Men