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“Miss Bean told me that as a girl she had many suitors, and if she did not marry, it was more from procrastination than from being passed over.”
― Ruskin Bond, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

“still but if you move towards it, the beautiful creature will dart away. And this was a gazelle I was talking to.”
― Ruskin Bond, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

“There is something about passing trains that fills me with awe and excitement. All those passengers, with mysterious lives and mysterious destinations, are people I want to know, people whose mysteries I want to unfold. There is no joy like sitting in a train as it comes out of tunnels and jungles and passes through fields and villages—when small children shout and wave at you and you simply wave back to them.”
― Ruskin Bond, The Great Train Journey

“It isn’t time that’s passing by, my friend. It is you and I….”
― Ruskin Bond, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN