Rohinton Mistry Quotes

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There was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it the new border; it became a river of blood upon the earth. And the orchards, fields, factories, businesses, all on the wrong side of that line, vanished with a wave of the pale conjuror's wand.

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There was no such thing as perfect privacy, life was a perpetual concert-hall recital with a captive audience.

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But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.

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Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

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Distance was a dangerous thing, she knew. Distance changed people.

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The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.

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After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual or deliberate, which add up to that one big calamity we call life.

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In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.

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If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.

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Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder

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Loss is essential, loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. Mind you, I'm not complaining. Thanks to some inexplicable universal guiding force, it is always the worthless things we lose - slough off, like a moulting snake. Losing and losing again, is the very basis of the process, til all we are left with is the bare essence of human existence...

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Let me tell you a secret: there is no such thing as an uninteresting life One day you must tell me your full and complete story, unabridged and unexpurgated.We will set aside some time for it, and meet. It's very important. Maneck smiled. 'Why is it important?' It's extremely important because it helps to remind yourself of who you are. Then you can go forward, without fear of losing yourself in this ever-changing world.

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Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit.

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World can be a bewildering place, and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

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There didn't seem to her any harm in it, and the make-believe was so comforting.

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You have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it's all a question of balance.

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God is a giant quiltmaker. With an infinite variety of designs. And the quilt is grown so big and confusing, the pattern is impossible to see, the squares and diamonds and triangles don't fit well together anymore, it's all become meaningless. So He has abandoned it.

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