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> [“People forget how vulnerable they are despite their shirts and shoes and briefcases, how this hungry and cruel world could strip them, put them in the same position as my beggars.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/people-forget-how-vulnerable-they-are-despite-their-shirts-and-shoes/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

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> [“Look at that crowd', he said disgustedly. 'They think it's a circus.' 'And not a single coin are they donating', said Dina. 'That's not surprising. Pity can only be shown in small doses. When so many beggars are in one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/look-at-that-crowd-he-said-disgustedly-they-think-it-s-a-circus-and/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

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## Other authors on Beggars

## More by Rohinton Mistry

> [You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/you-have-to-maintain-a-fine-balance-between-hope-and-despair/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [What folly made young people, even those in middle age, think they were immortal? How much better, their lives, if they could remember the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/what-folly-made-young-people-even-those-in-middle-age-think-they-were/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/what-sense-did-the-world-make-where-was-god-the-bloody-fool-did-he/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/lately-you-are-brooding-too-much-about-rights-give-up-this-dangerous/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/flirting-with-madness-was-one-thing-when-madness-started-flirting/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“But since the world is imperfect, we must put blinders on the senses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/but-since-the-world-is-imperfect-we-must-put-blinders-on-the-senses/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“And the further they go, the more they'll remember, they can take it from me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/and-the-further-they-go-the-more-they-ll-remember-they-can-take-it/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/world-can-be-a-bewildering-place-and-dreams-and-ambitions-are-often/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“In those days," continued Ishvar, "it seemed to me that that was all one could expect in life. A harsh road strewn with sharp…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/in-those-days-continued-ishvar-it-seemed-to-me-that-that-was-all-one/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/god-is-dead-said-maneck-that-s-what-a-german-philosopher-wrote-she/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“Where humans were concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure; and sorrow, for the hopelessness of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/where-humans-were-concerned-the-only-emotion-that-made-sense-was/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/i-ve-done-lots-of-jobs-right-now-i-m-a-hair-collector-that-s-good/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/if-there-was-an-abundance-of-misery-in-the-world-there-was-also/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [The whole quilt is much more important than any single square.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/the-whole-quilt-is-much-more-important-than-any-single-square/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

> [...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/there-was-another-gorier-parturition-when-two-nations-incarnated-out/)

[Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/)

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