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Malgudi Days QUOTES

Malgudi Days QUOTES

1 " life is about making right things and going on.. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

2 " This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down... "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

3 " How can two living entities possessing intelligence and judgement ever be tied together for a lifetime? "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

4 " you threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

5 " It is stimulating to live in a society that is not standardized or mechanized, and is free from monotony. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

6 " What can we do with a creature who returns to his doom with such a free heart? "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

7 " The gods grow jealous of too much contentment anywhere, and they show their displeasure all of a sudden. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

8 " We are a flawed, weak species, he gently reminds us in these pages, focusing his attention, clearly and without sentiment, on those who will stoop low, those who will stop at nothing. What makes us care for such frequently pathetic characters is that they, like most of the rest of us, are strivers, driven by hopes for a slightly better life. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

9 " The compartment built to ‘seat 8 passengers; 4 British Troops, or 6 Indian Troops’ now carried only nine. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

10 " don’t care to bring this Nataraja "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days

11 " if you threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face. "

― R.K. Narayan , Malgudi Days