The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life QUOTES

1 " Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There’s nothing wrong with them, but they are missing out on one of life’s compensations and rewards. "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

3 " there were books and authors to be discovered. A lifetime of reading lay ahead. Old books, new books, classics, thrillers, stories short and tall, travelogues, histories, biographies, comedies, comic strips, poems, memories, fantasies, fables…The adventure would end only when the lights went out for ever. "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

5 " We three, We’re not a crowd; We’re not even company— My echo, My shadow, And me… I "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

7 " Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There’s nothing wrong with them, but they are missing out on one of life’s compensations and rewards. A great book is a friend that never lets you down. You can return to it again and again, and the joy first derived from it will still be there. "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

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― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

11 " when I was a boy, reading was my true religion. It helped me discover my soul. "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

13 " We get out of life what we bring to it. There is not a dream which may not come true if we have the energy which determines our own fate. We can always get what we want if we will it intensely enough. So few people succeed greatly because so few people conceive a great end, working towards it without giving up. We all know that the man who works steadily for money gets rich; the man who works day and night for fame or power reaches his goal. And those who work for deeper, more spiritual achievements will find them too. It may come when we no longer have any use for it, but if we have been willing it long enough, it will come! "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

15 " But being alone as a matter of choice is one of life’s pleasures. "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

17 " A great book is a friend that never lets you down. You can return to it again and again, and the joy first derived from it will still be there. I "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life

19 " provides the right sort of tone and setting. Mr Oliver, an Anglo "

― Ruskin Bond , The Whistling Schoolboy and Other Stories of School Life