Good Quotes From William Dalrymple's 'City of Djinns'
10 Jan, 2025
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“On the road, as in many other aspects of Indian life, Might is Right.”
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“To the sick man sweet water tastes bitter in the mouth.”
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“When a dust storm blows it means the djinns are going to celebrate a marriage …”
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Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.
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‘You are Britisher,’ he said, the very first time I hailed him. ‘I know you are a Britisher.’
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Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone.