Quote

India has always had a strange way with her conquerors. In defeat, she beckons them in, then slowly seduces, assimilates and transforms them.

William Dalrymple

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Dalrymple
Conqueror
Slowly
Defeat
Assimilates
India
Seduces
Strange
Beckons
Way
Conquerors
Always
Seducing
Transforms

More quotes by William Dalrymple

Image
For me they go hand in hand. When I travel it makes me want to write, when I read it makes me want to travel.
William Dalrymple
Image
Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
William Dalrymple
Image
Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.
William Dalrymple