A Passage to India: Quotes Flashcards
Aziz quotes.
“I feel as if I am travelling into my past and I am a great Modul Emperor.” - Aziz
“The English will say here is an Indian who almost behaved like a gentleman. But for the colour of his face, we might even let him join the club.” - Aziz
“You English always stick together.” - Aziz
“Tell her to keep the money, use it to buy herself a husband.” - Aziz
“Are you coming with me?” - Aziz
“Married my enemy!” - Aziz
“You are the first Englishman she has ever come before.” - Aziz
“I showed he to you; I have nothing else to show.” - Aziz
“We were a man and a woman and we were young.” - Aziz
“I am an Indian at last.” - Aziz
Adela quotes.
“I’m longing to see something of the real India.” - Adela
“I’ve finally decided we’re not going to be married.” - Adela
“I’m such a fool. I want to take back what I said at the polo.” - Adela
“I think this may have been partly my fault. I asked Dr Aziz if he loved his wife. I shouldn’t have done that. Mr Heaslop and I had become and engaged … I realised I didn’t love him.” - Adela
“I withdraw everything.” - Adela
Ronny quotes.
“I’m sorry, we’ll soon be out of this” - Ronny’s response to Adela’s curiosity
“Goodnight dear.” - Ronny to Adela (Adela is disappointed)
“We’re out here to do justice and keep the peace.” - Ronny
“A good man.” - Ronny (about Das)
Mrs Moore quotes.
“What a terrible river … what a wonderful river.” - Mrs Moore
“Life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.” - Mrs Moore
“God is here.” - Mrs Moore
“An unnatural affair” - Mrs Moore (bridge party)
“This is about power and personally superiority.” - Mrs Moore
“God has put us on the earth to love and help our fellow man.” - Mrs Moore
“Sometimes I think too much fuss is made of marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we’re still no nearer understanding one another!” - Mrs Moore
“India forces one to come face to face with oneself. It can be rather disturbing.” - Mrs Moore
“Godbole didn’t mention the echo.” - Mrs Moore
“I suppose like many old people, I sometimes think we are merely passing figured in a Godless universe. Get me some water.” - Mrs Moore
Mrs Moore prepares to “get away from all this muddle and fuss, into some cave of my own…” - Mrs Moore
“All this rubbish about love … love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.” - Mrs Moore
Mr Fielding quotes.
“Make yourself at home.” - Mr Fielding to Aziz
“Nonsense. This is no way to be thinking. Aziz is innocent.” - Mr Fielding
“She had the entire British Raj behind her … but she saw she was wrong, she stopped and sent the whole thing to smithereens.” - Mr Fielding (to Aziz)
“It’ll ruin her.” - Mr Fielding (to Aziz)
Aziz responds with “What about me?”
Turton and Callendar quotes.
“East is East … It’s a question of culture.” Mrs Turton or Callendar
“One cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds - at least in this country.” - Mr Callendar says to Mr Fielding
“Bridge party”
“They hate it as much as we do” - Mrs Turton
“We don’t come across them socially.”
Ronny “has become a proper sahib.”
Godbole quotes.
“It is no consequence if I care or do not care, the outcome is already decided … My philosophy is you can do what you like, but the outcome will be the same.” - Godbole
“Who could have foretold that Aziz would be saved by his enemy? What now Mr Fielding?” - Godbole
“One cannot tell someone when someone is not ready.” - Godbole (to Aziz)
McBryde quotes.
“I’ve never know anything but disaster result when English and Indians attempt to be intimate.” - McBryde
“The darker races are attracted to the fairer, but not vice versa.” - McBryde. Then Amritrao mocks McBryde by saying “even when the lady is less attractive?”
“Inaccessible, barren place … the caves themselves are dark, featureless and without interest except for a strange echo.” - McBryde
“Damn festivals.” - McBryde
Mahmoud Ali quotes.
“How is England justified in holding India.” - Mahmoud Ali
“We are both slaves.” - Mahmoud Ali (tells Das)
Other quotes.
“I envy you - new horizons.” - ship manager
“First time in India.”
