102 Quotes by Karan Mahajan

The roots of shame run deep.

Finally, on a windswept, befogged afternoon, the sort in which all of Delhi is wearing a sweater of atmospheric dirt, he went over with the driver to see the Khuranas.

He had the slick, proprietary attitude that small men from big cities sometimes bring toward big men from small cities

Village people had no central conception of truth or time or even of other people’s memories; they always just played dumb when he told them they’d changed their stories

You’ve read Gandhi-ji? He said that the two worst classes of human beings are doctors and lawyers. Lawyers because they prolong fights and doctors because they cure the symptoms, not the cause. Doctors don’t eliminate disease – they perpetuate the existence of doctors.

Artists, who are selfish people, become anxious around the self-sacrificing.

Village people had no central conception of truth or time or even of other people’s memories; they always just played dumb when he told them they’d changed their stories.

And you know what happens when a bomb goes off? The truth about people comes out. Men leave their children and run away. Shopkeepers push aside wives and try to save their cash. People come and loot the shops. A blast reveals the truth about places. Don’t forget what you’re doing is noble.

What if I’ve died a long time ago and come here? he wondered. What if the defining characteristic of hell is that you’re locked in an endless, blind battle to reform it?