She wondered how to un-know certain things, certain specific things that she knew but did not wish to know. How to un-know, for example, that when pe… - Arundhati Roy

She wondered how to un-know certain things, certain specific things that she knew but did not wish to know

Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises — War and Shopping — simply will not work.

Before Washington's illegal invasion of Iraq, a Gallup International poll showed that in no European country was the support for a unilateral war higher than 11 percent. On February 15, 2003, *There are differences in the I.Q.s and levels of ruthlessness between this year's U.S. presidential candidates. The anti-war movement in the United States has done a phenomenal job of exposing the lies and venality that led to the invasion of Iraq, despite the propaganda and intimidation it faced. This was a service not just to people here, but to the whole world.

Who can know from the word goodbye what kind of parting is in store for us. (p260)