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> [“We had heard that the people of Delhi loved their city as bees love flowers. But we could not believe that the child of a courtesan would prefer to live in a Delhi brothel rather than in our palace in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/we-had-heard-that-the-people-of-delhi-loved-their-city-as-bees-love/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

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## More by Khushwant Singh

> [When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/when-you-have-counted-eighty-years-and-more-time-and-fate-will-batter/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/freedom-is-for-the-educated-people-who-fought-for-it-we-were-slaves/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“There are many ways of attaining godhood, say teachers of religion. Acharya Rajneesh disagrees and says there is only one way, and sexual intercourse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/there-are-many-ways-of-attaining-godhood-say-teachers-of-religion/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [I don't want to be cremated, I want to be buried. I don't believe in wasting wood and I feel that one should give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-don-t-want-to-be-cremated-i-want-to-be-buried-i-don-t-believe-in/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“I am back in my beloved city. The scene of desolation fills my eyes with tears. At every step my distress and agitation increases.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-am-back-in-my-beloved-city-the-scene-of-desolation-fills-my-eyes/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“One Sikh may argue with one Sikh. One Sikh must never argue with two Sikhs–certainly not after dark.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/one-sikh-may-argue-with-one-sikh-one-sikh-must-never-argue-with-two/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [ I had lots of time to read \[being a lawyer\] what I hadn't read in my school and college days. Being a bad student… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-had-lots-of-time-to-read-being-a-lawyer-what-i-hadn-t-read-in-my/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [No one has invented a condom for the pen yet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/no-one-has-invented-a-condom-for-the-pen-yet/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [ I have never, in 50 years, ever missed a deadline \[as a journalist\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-have-never-in-50-years-ever-missed-a-deadline-as-a-journalist/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“poverty which had celebrated a hundred thousand silver and golden jubilees.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/poverty-which-had-celebrated-a-hundred-thousand-silver-and-golden/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [“He told us of an incident from the life of the Prophet Musa. Musa heard a poor shepherd praying: ‘Where art Thou that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/he-told-us-of-an-incident-from-the-life-of-the-prophet-musa-musa/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [The last to learn of gossip are the parties concerned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/the-last-to-learn-of-gossip-are-the-parties-concerned/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [I haven't any close friends. Friendship needs time to interact, sit down, gossip. I don't have that time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-haven-t-any-close-friends-friendship-needs-time-to-interact-sit/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [I still think that the point of reference for every Indian when he is in doubt on any political or social issue is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/i-still-think-that-the-point-of-reference-for-every-indian-when-he-is/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

> [Nature provides that a man who slaves all day should spend the hours of the night in a palace full of houris whereas a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khushwant-singh/nature-provides-that-a-man-who-slaves-all-day-should-spend-the-hours/)

[Khushwant Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khushwant-singh/)

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