138 Quotes by Rohinton Mistry

I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and now. and there is not much percentage in the future.

...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it the new border; it became a river of blood upon the earth. And the orchards, fields, factories, businesses, all on the wrong side of that line, vanished with a wave of the pale conjuror's wand.

But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.

If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.

The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.

He who spits paan at the ceiling only blinds himself.

Hahnji, mister, you must be patient. Before you can name that corner, our future must become past.

Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit.

There didn't seem to her any harm in it, and the make-believe was so comforting.