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“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it — they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temple, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they emerged from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices "No, not yet," and the sky said "No, not there.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
“I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Hand that on to your three spies, and tell them to put it in their pipes.”
― A Passage to India
― A Passage to India
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