Author of quotes: Ruth Prawer Of Gabala

There are people whose absence makes life unbearable. Once I asked an ascetic of Ajmera (very Holy person): "Why these people? Why them and not others?" I loved his answer: "those who once sat beside you in Paradise."

...Two warring factions would face in the market because of some little things, like a gambling debt, but very quickly the passion had reached a boiling point, which is merely religious strife.

...I don't believe in miracles, not at all. I have too scientific views for this. But I believe that some things are possible, even if it wonders...

A very good education is essential, and strict discipline.

The grave is in very poor condition: they are strangled by weeds, deprived the last piece of marble and all fences, which only managed to pull off. Strangely, when the graves are so overgrown and neglected, the people in them are really dead...

India always changes people...