Burnt shadows Quotes

“Why have the English remained to English? Throughout India's history conquerors have come from elsewhere, and all of them --- Turk, Arab, Hun, Mongol, Persian --- have become Indian. If --- when ---this Pakistan happens, those Muslims who leave Delhi, Lucknow and Hyderabad to go there, They will be leaving their homes. But when the English leave, they'll be going home.”

“The world won't get more or less terrible if we're indoors somewhere with a mug of hot chocolate.”

“Yes, I know everything can disappear in a flash of light. That doesn’t make anything less valuable.”

“There was little Hiroko Tanaka hadn’t learnt about the shameful resilience of the human heart.”

“If the greatest loss of his life is the loss of a dream he's always known to be a dream, then he's among the fortunate ones.”

“When the war's over, I'll be kind.”