The Patient Assassin Quotes

“The massacre transformed Udham Singh. Vengeance took over his life, and for the next twenty years, though he would be given numerous chances to live a happy and fulfilling existence, he would continue his quest, travelling thousands of miles, meeting a variety of people, learning what he needed, trying to become the avenging angel for his people. A man born with so little, who wanted to be so much more.”
― Anita Anand, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

“A poem was pinned under Hoshiar’s picture of young Duleep: “I have been thrown into a far-flung place, had everything, all that I once cherished, my Kingdoms and my very life taken from me. I am now in a foreign place, so far from my people. So far from my homeland.”
― Anita Anand, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

“Punjab had sent its boys across an ocean. Waves of grief rolled back.”
― Anita Anand, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

“Shot through the heart, the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab bled out surrounded by people who were powerless to help him. It was a macabre echo of the fate of so many at Jallianwala Bagh.”
― Anita Anand, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

“India would understand. For two decades he had worked at becoming the man who could make Sir Michael pay for Jallianwala Bagh, however, in the process, he believed he had become so much more. It was no longer enough to settle his own score; he now had to unite his people in a full-blown revolution. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs would come together behind his act. He would avenge the dead. He would inspire the living.”
― Anita Anand, The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence