Readers Quotes by Ruskin Bond

'live long my friend,be wise and strong, but do not take from any man his song'

— Ruskin Bond

Unhappy and unsettled childhood helps in writing.

— Ruskin Bond

“As Grandfather used to say, 'In a crowd, everyone plays follow-the leader, even when they don't know who's leading.”

— Ruskin Bond

I don't travel so much now, I get tired

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I was a bookworm in school, and in those days it was easy to get books. Bigger cities had book shops.

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I won't usually just sit down to write. I'd have done it in my head already. I visualise a story just like a film…

— Ruskin Bond

There was Uncle Ken of mine about whom I wrote a lot of stories. I can always write stories about uncles and aunts and…

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“All of us need just one good accomplishment in order to get by. Obviously he can't spend the rest of his life climbing trees,…

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I get inspiration from a lot of things around me - nature, hills, people, and even insects.

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I fortunately have a good memor, and that helps a lot in the way I write.

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“Nandprayag is a place that ought to be famous for its beauty and order. For a mile or two before reaching it we had…

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I had a bad habit of falling in love with any girl who was nice to me.

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I did all kind of jobs to sustain myself. I worked at a grocery store, in the public health department, and what was then…

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But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees…

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“A good monk would know that contentment is easier to attain than happiness, and that it is enough.”

— Ruskin Bond