The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring.

Children don't make judgments about which details are important... a child captures them all.

Time had changed the magical to mundane

He who spits paan at the ceiling only blinds himself.

In foreign countries they fear baldness. They are so rich in foreign countries, they can afford to fear all kinds of silly things.

Walk, first, through the fire, then philosophize.

What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair. .... But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.