Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish - not sit intending on a chair.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Sometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we're still no nearer to understanding one another.

... there are shadows because there are hills.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.

This solitude opressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong.