V. S. Naipaul Quotes

I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.

V. S. Naipaul

• World
• Lost
• London

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• I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • World
  • Lost
  • London