There was no such thing as perfect privacy, life was a perpetual concert-hall recital with a captive audience. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“He spent long hours meditating on the wisdom of loving living things which invariably ended up dead.” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Loss is essential. Loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
The carnage upon the chessboard of life, left wounded humans in its wake — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“...I always took the rearmost seat in the classroom - it gave me a good view of things. And I must confess,… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Did life treat everyone so wantonly, ripping the good things to pieces while letting bad things fester and grow like fungus” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“There's only one way to defeat the sorrow and sadness of life - with laughter and rejoicing. Bring out the good dishes,… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“A lifetime had to be crafted, just like anything else, she thought, it had to be moulded and beaten and burnished in… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“ Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories - your life, my life, old Husain's… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Let me tell you a secret: there is no such thing as an uninteresting life One day you must tell me your… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“The future was becoming past, everything vanished into the void, and reaching back to grasp for something, one came out clutching -… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“In those days," continued Ishvar, "it seemed to me that that was all one could expect in life. A harsh road strewn… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“He winced at her efforts to mollify him. Why didn't she say she was disgusted with his behaviour, with his long absence,… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
...loss is essential, loss is part and parcel of that necessary calamity called life. Mind you, I'm not complaining. Thanks to some… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Everyone underestimates their own life. Funny thing is, in the end, all our stories...they're the same. In fact, no matter where you… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
What folly made young people, even those in middle age, think they were immortal? How much better, their lives, if they could… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Oh, Anyone can make a quilt,' she said modestly. 'It's just scraps, from the clothes you've sewn.' 'Yes, but the talent is… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
What folly made young people, even those in middle age, think they were immortal? How much better, their lives, if they could remember the… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“What sense did the world make? Where was God, the Bloody Fool? Did He have no notion of fair and unfair? Couldn't He read… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“And the further they go, the more they'll remember, they can take it from me.” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“In those days," continued Ishvar, "it seemed to me that that was all one could expect in life. A harsh road strewn with sharp… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“God is dead," said Maneck. "That's what a German philosopher wrote." She was shocked. "Trust the Germans to say such things," she frowned. "And… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“Where humans were concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure; and sorrow, for the hopelessness of it… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
“I've done lots of jobs. Right now, I'm a hair collector." "That's good", said Ishvar tentatively. "What do you have to do as a… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share
