Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“If time were a bolt of cloth ... I would cut out all the bad parts. Snip out the scary nights and… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Depression is a red herring," said Nariman. "I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“Time, the ultimate grandmaster that could never be checkmated. There was no way out of its distended belly.” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Hahnji, mister, you must be patient. Before you can name that corner, our future must become past. — 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
I think a lot about the past, it's true. But at my age, the past is more present than the here and… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad… — 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 Image
“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 Image
Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off. — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“But since the world is imperfect, we must put blinders on the senses.” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“And the further they go, the more they'll remember, they can take it from me.” — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps — 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 with sharp… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
