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But you are not my wife. You are a woman who will go to bed with anyone who flatters your antics. That's — R.K. Narayan

people only follow their inclinations, and sooner or later find their reward or retribution. That's the natural law of life, — R.K. Narayan

Even when you realize that the one before you is an enemy and must be treated sternly, do not hurt with words. — R.K. Narayan

No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it. — R.K. Narayan

Project is a self-contained phrase and may or may not be capable of elaboration. — R.K. Narayan

It seems to me that we generally do not have a correct measure of our own wisdom. — R.K. Narayan

We always question the bonafides of the man who tells us unpleasant facts. — R.K. Narayan

The gods grow jealous of too much contentment anywhere, and they show their displeasure all of a sudden. — R.K. Narayan

Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of his well. — R.K. Narayan

everyone is acting a part all the time, knowingly or unknowingly. — R.K. Narayan

Past is gone, present is going, and tomorrow is day after tomorrow's yesterday. So why worry about anything? God is in all this. — R.K. Narayan

You become writer by writing. It is a yoga. — R.K. Narayan

You become [a] writer by writing. It is a yoga. — R.K. Narayan

But there is this peculiarity about heat: it appears to affect only those that think of it. — R.K. Narayan

Swaminathan had never thought that this story contained a moral. But now he felt that it must have one since the question paper mentioned it. — R.K. Narayan

This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down ... — R.K. Narayan

How can two living entities possessing intelligence and judgement ever be tied together for a lifetime? — R.K. Narayan

When one is seized with a passion to understand one's self, one has to leave behind all normal life and habitual modes of thought. — R.K. Narayan

Every creature is born with a potential store of violence. — R.K. Narayan

Two and two, four; four and three, something else. Something into something, more; some more into less. Oh, God, numbers did give me a headache. — R.K. Narayan

At this moment, let us not forget that my authority has been challenged not by a warrior but by a monkey! — R.K. Narayan

Every minute becomes a yesterday and is lost forever. — R.K. Narayan

The only trouble was that the scripture master, Mr. Ebenzar, was a fanatic. — R.K. Narayan

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness. — R.K. Narayan

Certain things acquired an evil complexion if phrased, but remained harmless in the mind. — R.K. Narayan

Do you realize how few ever really understand how fortunate they are in their circumstances? — R.K. Narayan

Life is about making right things and going on.. — R.K. Narayan

What can we do with a creature who returns to his doom with such a free heart? — R.K. Narayan

It is stimulating to live in a society that is not standardized or mechanized, and is free from monotony. — R.K. Narayan

The unbeaten brat will remain unlearned, — R.K. Narayan

What you see is my old shell; inside it's all changed. You can't share my life. — R.K. Narayan

It's often said that God made man in His own image, it's also true that man makes God in his own image. — R.K. Narayan

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life. — R.K. Narayan

The compartment built to 'seat 8 passengers; 4 British Troops, or 6 Indian Troops' now carried only nine. — R.K. Narayan

Knowledge, like food, must be taken within limits. You must know only as much as you need, and not more. — R.K. Narayan

You threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face. — R.K. Narayan