“There are no more surprises and shocks in life, so that I watch the flame without agitation. For me the greatest reality is this and nothing else... Nothing else will worry or interest me in life hereafter.”
R.K. Narayan, The English Teacher“I came in several times and spoke, but perhaps you were asleep when I thought you were awake.''You are very considerate to explain it this way,' Sugreeva said, 'but I was drunk”
R.K. Narayan, The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic