Some things come with their own punishments. Like bedrooms with built-…

Arundhati Roy
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Some things come with their own punishments. Like bedrooms with built-in cupboards. They would all learn more about punishments soon. That they came in different sizes. That some were so big they were like cupboards with built-in bedrooms. You could spend your whole life in them, wandering through dark shelving. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.115, Penguin Books India
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