138 Quotes by Rohinton Mistry

Soon the evening gloom would materialize, infect the fibre-filled air, drape itself over her bed, depress her from now till morning.

Narayan explained how they had spent the morning, and Dukhi laughed to hear it. the entire episode made Radha furious. “Why must you torment the boy? There is no need to make my Om do such dirty work.“... “How will he appreciate what he has if he does not learn what his forefathers did? Once a week he will come with me! Whether he likes it or not!

He had learned that dignity could not be acquired from accoutrements and accessories; it cam unasked, it grew from one’s ability to endure.

Time had changed the magical to mundane.

Hell has ways of permeating heaven’s membrane.

But how firm to stand, how much to bend? Where was the line between compassion and foolishness, kindness and weakness? And that was from her position. From theirs, it might be a line between mercy and cruelty, consideration and callousness. She could draw it on this side, but they might see it on that side.

He wanted his noises to touch the others; friendly noises could melt hostility.

The carnage upon the chessboard of life, left wounded humans in its wake.

Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true.