Malgudi Days Quotes

“life is about making right things and going on..”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down...”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“How can two living entities possessing intelligence and judgement ever be tied together for a lifetime?”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“you threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“It is stimulating to live in a society that is not standardized or mechanized, and is free from monotony.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“We are a flawed, weak species, he gently reminds us in these pages, focusing his attention, clearly and without sentiment, on those who will stoop low, those who will stop at nothing. What makes us care for such frequently pathetic characters is that they, like most of the rest of us, are strivers, driven by hopes for a slightly better life.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“What can we do with a creature who returns to his doom with such a free heart?”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“The gods grow jealous of too much contentment anywhere, and they show their displeasure all of a sudden.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“if you threw a stone into a gutter it would only spurt filth in your face.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“The compartment built to ‘seat 8 passengers; 4 British Troops, or 6 Indian Troops’ now carried only nine.”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“आले, की तो वास सॅन्डलवूडचाच होता. त्यांनी साबणाचा सुगंध दीर्घ श्वासाने भरून घेतला आणि खिशात साबण ठेवून दिला. ‘‘आणखी काही पाहिजे?’’ पोराने विचारले. ‘‘नको. जा,’’ राव म्हणाले अन् मार्केट रोड ओलांडून ते दुसऱ्या बाजूला गेले. राव मग क्रॉस रोडने चेट्टीवार स्टोअर्सच्या पुढे गेले. तो रस्ता नंतर समांतर रस्त्याला लागला होता. तिथेच ते डावीकडे वळले; एका आवेगानेच आणि मग उजव्या गल्लीत. पुन्हा डावीकडे अन् पुन्हा मागे फिरले; पण तिथे”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days

“don’t care to bring this Nataraja”
― R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days