Status Updates From A Passage to India

there is no more uninspiring chair to read from than from behind a hospital window … slow going

“This pose of ‘seeing India’ which had seduced him to Miss Quested at Chandrapore was only a form of ruling India”

“He had liked the Ruler very much, and might not prosper under his successor, yet he could not worry over such problems yet, for he was involved in the illusion he helped to create.”

“Aziz, the day of his inauguration, had remarked: ‘ I study nothing, I respect’ - making an excellent impression. There was now a minimum of prejudice against him.”