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Bombay Stories QUOTES

Bombay Stories QUOTES

1 " When Hamid dropped Lata off at her house at nine that night, he felt hollow. The touch of her soft body was sheared from him like bark from a tree, and he spent the entire night tossing and turning. "

― Saadat Hasan Manto , Bombay Stories

2 " He ate off dirty plates and was unfazed. His pillowcase was soiled and stank, but he never thought of changing it. Hamid thought long and hard, but he couldn’t understand him. He often asked, ‘Babuji, why aren’t you revolted by dirtiness? "

― Saadat Hasan Manto , Bombay Stories

3 " Her pores were like those of an orange, its skin filled with juice, which, if you applied the slightest pressure, would squirt up into your eyes. She was that fresh. "

― Saadat Hasan Manto , Bombay Stories

4 " I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty. "

― Saadat Hasan Manto , Bombay Stories