Ruskin Bond Quotes

Quotes about:

• Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

  Ruskin Bond

  Mysterious Things, Littles, Too Much

  106 Copy quote

• and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

  Ruskin Bond

  Beautiful, War, Butterfly

  102 Copy quote

• It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

  Ruskin Bond

  Luck, Ends, End Of The Road

  71 Copy quote

• To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

  Ruskin Bond

  Men, Laughing, Able

  Ruskin Bond, Ruskin (2008). “Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature”, p.238, Penguin Books India

  87 Copy quote

• Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish to strike a sympathetic chord.

  Ruskin Bond

  Book, Wish, Saving

  85 Copy quote

• Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate ones. There's nothing wrong with them; but they are missing out on one of life's compensations and rewards. A great book is a friend that never lets you down. You can return to it again and again and the joy first derived from it will still be there.

  Ruskin Bond

  Book, Special People, Joy

  Ruskin Bond (2014). “Uncles, Aunts and Elephants: A Ruskin Bond Treasury”, p.213, Penguin UK

  60 Copy quote

• The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!

  Ruskin Bond

  Writing

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

  45 Copy quote

• It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

  Ruskin Bond

  Mountain, Length

  Ruskin Bond (2003). “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, p.92, Penguin Books India

  57 Copy quote

• I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

  Ruskin Bond

  Believe, Journey, Kind

  Ruskin Bond (2008). “A Town Called Dehra”, p.4, Penguin Books India

  50 Copy quote

• There is money to be made in the market place, but under the cherry tree there is rest.

  Ruskin Bond

  Tree, Made, Cherries

  19 Copy quote

• The past is always with us, for it feeds the present.

  Ruskin Bond

  Past

  Ruskin Bond (1994). “Delhi is Not Far: The Best of Ruskin Bond”, p.263, Penguin Books India

  34 Copy quote

• Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships

  Ruskin Bond

  Rose, Red, Lovers

  Ruskin Bond, Ruskin (2008). “Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature”, p.38, Penguin Books India

  52 Copy quote

• The India I Love, does not make the headlines, but I find it wherever I go - in field or forest, town or village, mountain or desert - and in the hearts and minds of people who have given me love and affection for the better part of my lifetime.

  Ruskin Bond

  Heart, People, Mind

  "The Name's Bond... Ruskin Bond". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. February 29, 2004.

  56 Copy quote

• Yesterday, I was sad, tomorrow i may be sad again, but today i know that i am happy. I want to live on and on, delighting like a pagan in all that is physical; and i know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart.

  Ruskin Bond

  Heart, Yesterday, Long

  Ruskin Bond (2005). “Delhi Is Not Far”, p.111, Penguin Books India

  46 Copy quote

• But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer.

  Ruskin Bond

  Tree, Know Me, Knows

  Ruskin Bond (2002). “Rusty, the Boy from the Hills”, p.31, Penguin Books India

  44 Copy quote

• How evanescent those loves and friendships seem at this distance in time…We move on, make new attachments. We grow old. But sometimes, we hanker for old friendships, the old loves. Sometimes I wish I was young again. Or that I could travel back in time and pick up the threads. Absent so long, I may have stopped loving you, friends; but I will never stop loving the Day I loved you.

  Ruskin Bond

  Distance, Moving, Attachment

  50 Copy quote

• Hapiness is as exclusive as a butterfly, and you must never pursue it. If you stay very still, it may come and settle on your hand. But only briefly. Savour those moments, for they will not come in your way very often.

  Ruskin Bond

  Butterfly, Hands, May

  29 Copy quote

• I write a story in my head. I see the story like a movie.

  Ruskin Bond

  Writing, Stories

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

  29 Copy quote

• There are two kinds of authors - subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking.

  Ruskin Bond

  Two, Inward, Kind

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

  18 Copy quote

• I am a storyteller from a personal viewpoint. When I run out of people I invent ghosts. I don't believe in ghosts. Never saw one.

  Ruskin Bond

  Running, Believe, People

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

  30 Copy quote

• Yes, I'd love to have a garden of my own--spacious, and full of everything that is fragrant and flowering. But if I don't succeed, never mind--I've still got the dream.

  Ruskin Bond

  Dream, Garden, Mind

  Ruskin Bond, Ruskin (2008). “Ruskin Bond's Book of Nature”, p.34, Penguin Books India

  17 Copy quote

• People often ask me why my style is so simple. It is, in fact, deceptively simple, for no two sentences are alike. It is clarity that I am striving to attain, not simplicity. Of course, some people want literature to be difficult and there are writers who like to make their readers toil and sweat. They hope to be taken more seriously that way. I have always tried to achieve a prose that is easy and conversational. And those who think this is simple should try it for themselves.

  Ruskin Bond

  Taken, Simple, Thinking

  30 Copy quote

• To return to my own trees, I went among them often, acknowledging their presence with a touch of my hand against their trunks.

  Ruskin Bond

  Hands, Tree, Return

  Ruskin Bond (2003). “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, p.134, Penguin Books India

  28 Copy quote

• Readers want more of the same from you. So stick to one genre.

  Ruskin Bond

  Want, Sticks, Genre

  Source: www.abhijitbhaduri.com

  17 Copy quote

• But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer. And looking around, I noticed the other small trees and wild plants and grasses had sprung up under the protection of the trees we had placed there. The trees had multiplied! They were moving. In one small corner of the world, Grandfather's dream was coming true and the trees were moving again.

  Ruskin Bond

  Dream, Moving, Sprung Up

  18 Copy quote

Page 1 of 2

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin