Top 160 Ruskin Bond Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “For the most time I’ve followed instinct rather than intelligence, and this has resulted in a modicum of happiness.”

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52. “It’s safer in the jungle than in the town.”

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53. “It’s fine to dream, provided we can deal with the reality when we wake up.”

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54. “We remember only what we want to remember.”

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55. “The Hare in the Moon.”

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56. “I don’t want to rot like mangoes at the end of the season, or burnout like the sun at the and of the day. I cannot live like the gardener, the cook and water-carrier, doing the same task everyday of my life... I want to be either somebody or nobody. I don’t want to be anybody.”

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57. “Puffed up with self-importance, we are in fact the most dispensable of all his creatures.”

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58. “Readers want more of the same from you. So stick to one genre.”

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59. “Well, it often happens that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them.”

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60. “Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships.”

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61. “I never break my journey at Deoli but i pass through as often as I can.”

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62. “It was a cold morning and the girl had a shawl thrown across her shoulders. Her feet were bare and her clothes were old but she was a young girl, walking gracefully and with dignity.”

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63. “Dry bread at home is better then curried prawns abroad.”

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64. “Unlike the adults, the children didn’t have to pretend. They were full of praise for the umbrella. It was so light, so pretty, so bright a blue! And it was just the right size for Binya. They knew that if they said nice things about the umbrella, Binya would smile and give it to them to hold for a little while – just a very little while! Soon.”

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65. “The rain swirls over the trees and roofs of the town, and the parched earth soaks it up, exuding a fragrance that comes only once in a year, the fragrance of quenched earth, the most exhilarating of all smells.”

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66. “You know, the way love can change a fellow, is truly frightful to contemplate.’ Wodehouse.”

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67. “Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There’s nothing wrong with them, but they are missing out on one of life’s compensations and rewards.”

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68. “I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don’t fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don’t laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age?”

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69. “She walked home through the darkening glade, singing of the stars; and the trees stood still and listened to her, and the mountains were glad.”

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70. “Well, we are equals, in our fear as in our loneliness.”

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71. “A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.”

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72. “We said nothing for some time but we couldn’t have been more eloquent.”

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73. “She was always ready with her smile, and would willingly have lent it to anyone who was feeling unhappy.”

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74. “No life is more, or less, important or interesting than another – much of it, after all, is lived inside our heads.”

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75. “Little one, don’t be afraid of this big river. Be safe in these warm arms for ever. Grow tall, my child, be wise and strong. But do not take from any man his song. Little one, don’t be afraid of this dark night. Walk boldly as you see the truth and light. Love well, my child, laugh all day long, But do not take from any man his song. 16.”

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76. “Ram Bharosa says he will never forget the smile she gave him when she left the shop. She.”

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77. “There are no fresh starts in life, but there are always new directions.”

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78. “The first condition of happiness is that a man must find joy in his work. Unless the work brings joy, the tedium of an aimless life can be soul-destroying. Something.”

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79. “There are two kinds of authors – subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking.”

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80. “A tiger is a tiger; he has his dignity to preserve even though he isn’t aware of it!”

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81. “Men may sometimes be rather similar, but no two women are ever alike.”

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82. “As children we are all individualists; it is only as we grow older that we acquire a certain grey similarity to each other.”

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83. “A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.”

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84. “The adventure is not in arriving, it’s in the on-the-way experience. It is not in the expected; it’s in the surprise. You.”

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85. “Some people become an integral part of our lives; others are ships that pass in the night. Short stories, in fact. My.”

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86. “I feel drawn to little temples on lonely hilltops. With the mist swirling round them, and the wind humming in the stunted pines, they absorb some of the magic and mystery of their surroundings and transmit it to the questing pilgrim.”

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87. “The skin cannot change the eyes. The eyes are the true reflection of a man’s age and sensibilities. Even a blind man has hidden eyes.”

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88. “The other day a young Internet surfer asked me why I preferred using a pencil instead of a computer. The principal reason, I told him, was that I liked chewing on the end of my pencil. A nasty habit, but it helps me concentrate. And I find it extremely difficult to chew on a computer.”

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89. “We cannot foresee when a bolt from the blue will put an end to the best-laid plans of mice and men.”

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90. “When we are young, we can put up with a great deal of discomfort in order to follow a dream. If, after thirty-five years, I’m still doing my own thing, it’s because I haven’t forgotten the dream. Let no man take your dream away. It will sustain you to the end.”

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91. “Great Stories for Children.”

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92. “Death moves about at random, without discriminating between the innocent and the evil, the poor and the rich. The only difference is that the poor usually handle it better.”

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93. “The monkey population is definitely on the increase, and I wouldn’t be surprised if one day it exceeds the human population. Of course, the way things are going, a time may come when we won’t be able to distinguish between monkeys and humans. Monkeys are becoming more human, while humans are becoming more like monkeys. Summer.”

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94. “She did not know it then, that some of the moving force in our life are meant to touch us briefly and go there way.”

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95. “There’s nothing like home-grown vegetables for bringing two people together. Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships!”

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96. “The deodar enjoys the company of its own kind: Where one deodar grows, there will be others. A walk in a deodar forest is awe-inspiring – surrounded on all sides by these great sentinels of the mountains, you feel as though the trees themselves are on the march.”

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97. “Looking back on those childhood days, I carry in my mind a picture of grandmother in her rocking chair with a contented owlet sprawled across her aproned lap. Once, on entering a room while she was taking her afternoon nap, I saw one of the owlets had crawled up her pillow til its head was snuggled under her ear. Both grandmother and the owlet were snoring.”

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98. “I was never afraid of the dark, and till today I see the night as a friend, giving me the privacy that I find so hard to find by day. Starlight, moonlight, early dawn, all have a special loveliness about them.”

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99. “On the open road we are all brothers.”

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100. “But my animals are real animals, and they behave as animals usually do. It’s really the humans who do strange things. Animals are predictable. Humans, never.”

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