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Top 80 Rohinton Mistry Quotes (2024 Update)
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Rohinton Mistry Quote: “And the further they go, the more they’ll remember, they can take it from me.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Curious, he thought, how, if you knew a person long enough, he could elicit every kind of emotion from you, every possible reaction, envy, admiration, pity, irritation, fury, fondness, jealousy, love, disgust. But in the end all human beings became candidates for compassion, all of us, without exception... and if we could recognize this from the beginning, what a saving in pain and grief and misery.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “The photographs had made him aware how much the street and the buildings meant to him. Like an extended family that he’d taken for granted and ignored, assuming it would always be there. But buildings and roads and spaces were as fragile as human beings, you had to cherish them while you had them.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Narayan explained how they had spent the morning, and Dukhi laughed to hear it. the entire episode made Radha furious. “Why must you torment the boy? There is no need to make my Om do such dirty work.“... “How will he appreciate what he has if he does not learn what his forefathers did? Once a week he will come with me! Whether he likes it or not!”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “But since the world is imperfect, we must put blinders on the senses.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “And, in any case, the idea of independence was a fantasy. Everyone depended on someone.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Rangarajan, your other patients are waiting. Thank you very much for your help.” “But it is no trouble – ” “Thank you, bye-bye,” said Coomy. For a moment, Mr. Rangarajan looked offended. But he recovered his poise, wished the professor a speedy recovery, and left. They pushed Nariman’s.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “He placed his hand over his heart. “In here, there is limitless room – happiness, kindness, sorrow, anger, friendship – everything fits in here.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “In case they don’t have strawberry, which one – chocolate or vanilla?”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Maneck studied beggermaster’s excessive chatter, his attempt to hide his heartache. Why did human do that to their feelings? Whether it was anger or love or sadness, they always tried to put something else forward in its place. And then there were those who pretended their emotions were bigger and grander than anyone else’s. A little annoyance they acted like gigantic rage; where a smile or chuckle will do, they laughed hysterically. Either way, it was dishonest.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “He had learned that dignity could not be acquired from accoutrements and accessories; it cam unasked, it grew from one’s ability to endure.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “People sleeping on pavements gives industry a bad name. My friend was saying last week – he’s the director of a multinational, mind you, not some small, two-paisa business – he was saying that at least two hundred million people are surplus to requirements, they should be eliminated.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “He wanted his noises to touch the others; friendly noises could melt hostility.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Where humans were concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure; and sorrow, for the hopelessness of it all.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “People forget how vulnerable they are despite their shirts and shoes and briefcases, how this hungry and cruel world could strip them, put them in the same position as my beggars.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories – your life, my life, old Husain’s life, they’re the same. In fact, no matter where you go in the world, there is only one important story: of youth, and loss, and yearning for redemption. So we tell the same story, over and over. Just the details are different.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Haunted by the unhappiness that appeared like an ugly creature to live in their home.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “There is always hope – hope enough to balance our despair. Or we would be lost.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “And then there were those who pretended their emotions were bigger and grander than anyone else’s. A little annoyance they acted out like a gigantic rage; where a smile or chuckle would do, they laughed hysterically. Either way, it was dishonest.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “I don’t like clever books; I like honest books.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “The joy and laughter and youth they brought was an antidote to the somberness enveloping his flat, the hours when he felt the very walls and ceilings were encrusted with the distress of of unhappy decades.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “The return of solitude was not quite as Dina expected it to be. These many years I made a virtue of inescapable reality, she thought, calling it peace and quiet.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “That’s the secret – to distract the senses. Have I told you my theory about them? I think that our sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing are all calibrated for the enjoyment of a perfect world. But since the world is imperfect, we must put blinders on the senses.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Hell has ways of permeating heaven’s membrane.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “The chalks and slates fascinated them. They yearned to hold the white sticks in their hands, make little white squiggles like the other children, draw pictures of huts, cows, goats, and flowers. It was like magic, to make things appear out of nowhere.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Right now, Dinabai’s face, and Om’s, and mine are all occupied. Worrying about work and money, and where to sleep tonight. But that does not mean we are not sad. It may not show on the face, but it’s sitting inside here.’ He placed his hand over his heart. ‘In here, there is limitless room – happiness, kindness, sorrow, anger, friendship.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Marriage is like death, only happens once.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Soon the evening gloom would materialize, infect the fibre-filled air, drape itself over her bed, depress her from now till morning.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Perhaps it was a knack that humans had, for cleaning up their untidy existences – a hidden survival weapon, like antibodies in the bloodstream.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “You know, Maneck, the human face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no room for crying.’ ‘What a nice saying,’ he answered.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “Losing, and losing again, is the very basis of the life process, till all we are left with is the bare essence of human existence.”
Rohinton Mistry Quote: “How was the rain in the city?” “Too much,” said Ishvar. “Streets were flooded many times. And here?” “Too little. The devil held his umbrella over us. Let’s hope he shuts it this year.”
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