V. S. Naipaul Quotes

In England I am not English, in India I am not Indian. I am chained to the 1,000 square miles that is Trinidad; but I will evade that fate yet.

V. S. Naipaul

• Fate
• England
• India
• Trinidad

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  • Fate
  • England
  • India