Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.


A Suitable Boy (ed. Penguin Books India, 1993) - ISBN: 9780140230338

Vikram Seth Quotes

Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and...

Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and...

Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and...

Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and...