A Passage to India Quotes Flashcards
(38 cards)
“Mrs. Moore!
Where are you, Mrs. Moore?”
“One can’t run with the
hare and hunt with the hounds - at least not in this country.”
“I rather like
mysteries - but I rather dislike muddles.”
“A mystery is only a
high-sounding term for a muddle. Me and professor know that India is a muddle.”
“Nothing you do
will change the outcome.”
“My dear, life rarely give us
what we want at the moment we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.”
“God has put us
on earth to love and help our fellow men.”
“I’d like to state what I believe to be
the universal truth: the darker races are attracted to the fairer. But not vice versa.”
“He was dressed in his Sunday best,
and his back collar stud was put. And there you have India all over.”
“I suppose, like many old people,
I sometimes think we are merely passing figures in a godless universe.”
“East is east,
Mrs Moore. It’s a question of culture.”
“I’m longing
to see something of the real India.”
“I wasn’t quite
sure of myself, I’m sorry”.
“You will never understand
the nature of that place Ronnie not you or anyone in that court.”
“I am
an Indian at last.”
“I don’t suppose
she ever will.”
“We are all part
of a pattern we cannot conceive.”
“He was a very conventional
young man, which made it all worse.”
“Nothing I can say
or do will make the least difference.”
“We are both
slaves.”
“The dead
don’t live again.”
“Who could have foretold
that Aziz would be saved by his enemy.”
“You English
always stick together.”
“All sounds make an echo,
and many sounds make an inharmonious effect.”
