R.K. Narayan Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Every creature is born with a potential store of violence.

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.

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

Every minute becomes a yesterday and is lost forever.

The only trouble was that the scripture master, Mr. Ebenzar, was a fanatic.

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness.

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

Do you realize how few ever really understand how fortunate they are in their circumstances?

Life is about making right things and going on..

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

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

The unbeaten brat will remain unlearned,

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

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

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.

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

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

You threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face.