Ruskin Bond citations

“When all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”

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

“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.”

“All glory comes from daring to begin.”

“Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“On books and friends I spend my money;
For stones and bricks I haven't any.”

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

“I am still on my zigzag way, pursuing the diagonal between reason and heart.”

“The world keeps on changing, but there is always something, somewhere, that remains the same.”

“I … allowed my memory to journey back to the days when I was a boy of ten, full of health and optimism, when my wonder at the great game of living had yet to give way to disillusionment at its shabbiness.”