Rohinton Mistry

You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.

— Rohinton Mistry

What folly made young people, even those in middle age, think they were immortal? How much better, their lives, if they could…

— 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…

— Rohinton Mistry

Lately you are brooding too much about rights. Give up this dangerous habit.

— Rohinton Mistry

Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off.

— Rohinton Mistry

“But since the world is imperfect, we must put blinders on the senses.”

— Rohinton Mistry

“And the further they go, the more they'll remember, they can take it from me.”

— Rohinton Mistry

World can be a bewildering place,and dreams and ambitions are often paths to the most pernicious of traps

— Rohinton Mistry

“In those days," continued Ishvar, "it seemed to me that that was all one could expect in life. A harsh road strewn…

— 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…

— Rohinton Mistry

“Where humans were concerned, the only emotion that made sense was wonder, at their ability to endure; and sorrow, for the hopelessness…

— 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…

— Rohinton Mistry

If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew…

— Rohinton Mistry

The whole quilt is much more important than any single square.

— Rohinton Mistry

...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and…

— Rohinton Mistry

“The lives of the poor are rich in symbols.”

— Rohinton Mistry

After all, our lives are but a sequence of accidents - a clanking chain of chance events. A string of choices, casual…

— Rohinton Mistry

I met my wife when we were both 19 or 20, at a music school where she was taking voice and piano…

— Rohinton Mistry

“Please always remember, the secret of survival is to embrace change, and to adapt. To quote, "All things fall and are built…

— Rohinton Mistry

“Right now, Dinabai’s face, and Om’s, and mine are all occupied. Worrying about work and money, and where to sleep tonight. But…

— Rohinton Mistry

Time had changed the magical to mundane

— Rohinton Mistry

Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of…

— Rohinton Mistry

Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder

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“Who would want to enter the soiled Temple of Justice, wherein lies the corpse of justice, slain by her very guardians? And…

— Rohinton Mistry

“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