R. K. Narayan Quotes

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The difference between a simpleton and an intelligent man, according to the man who is convinced that he is of the latter category, is that the former wholeheartedly accepts all things that he sees and hears while the latter never admits anything except after a most searching scrutiny. He imagines his intelligence to be a sieve of closely woven mesh through which nothing but the finest can pass.

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

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

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Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.

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.

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R. K. Narayan

R. K. Narayan

Born: October 10, 1906

Died: May 13, 2001 (aged 94)

Bio: R. K. Narayan, full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, was an Indian writer, he was known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English, along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

Known for:

Malgudi Days (1943)
The Guide (1958)
Swami and Friends (1935)
The English Teacher (1945)
The Bachelor of Arts (1937)

R. K. Narayan on Wikipedia

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