“Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to be a hundred, Your life will be death to the very core.”
― Delhi: A Novel
― Delhi: A Novel
“How unfortunate is the guy who does not live in the extravagant memory of an infatuated young woman.”
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
― The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“That's Delhi. When life gets too much for you all you need to do is to spend an hour at Nigambodh Ghat,watch the dead being put to flames and hear their kin wail for them. Then come home and down a couple of pegs of whisky. In Delhi, death and drink make life worth living,”
― Delhi
― Delhi
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