"My Family and Other Saints echoes Gerald Durrell's classic memoir, My Family and Other Animals, not only in its title, but in its wonderful humor and lyrical prose. Like Durrell, Kirin Narayan takes the reader to a fascinating world far from our own, and brings to life its myriad sights, sounds and smells, while revealing the profound cultural beliefs of its people. India is just the most complex character among a cast of characters-family members, gurus, hippies, and neighbors-all of whom I now count as old friends."

-- Judith Barrington

#Hippie Quotes #Character Quotes #Animal Quotes

“I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.”

Source : Gene Perret (2001). “Grandchildren Are So Much Fun We Should Have Had Them First”, Arizona Highways
“It was a sudden inspiration. But inspiration never came without a reason.”

Source : Jo Nesbo (2010). “The Snowman: Harry Hole 7”, p.203, Random House
“For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking how important coal was to our everyday lives when I was a little boy.”
“I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.”
“With luck on your side, you can do without brains.”
“I liked to drive by the clusters around the county and think about the women I placed there.”
“I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.”

Source : William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.9, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I have the world's best job. I get paid to hang out in my imagination all day.”

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