Zetta Kitzrow

“He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin was (ha!), how it was obvious from his nose and forehead that he wasn't some pig herd who had converted, but a true-blue Muslim who had flown here on a magic carpet all the way from Mecca, and he grunted with satisfaction”
― Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger

“By destroying the non-capitalist milieu on which its expansion is based, capitalism undermines the conditions of its own growth.”
― Karl Marx, Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Vol 2

“People are not always very tolerant of the tears which they themselves have provoked.”
― Marcel Proust, The Captive / The Fugitive

“Part of the hem floated loose. She spun around again—the fabric tightened like wool on a spindle. She breathed in fear. The boat was farther away. She swung her head around—so was the shore.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece