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People—communities, castes, races and even countries—carry their tragic histories and their misfortunes around like trophies, or like stock, to be bought and sold on the open market. (p198)
— Arundhati Roy
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "People—communities, castes, races and even countries—carry their tragic histories and their misfortunes around like trophies, or like stock, to be bought and sold on the open market. (p198)" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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