5 Best RK Narayan Quotes

“A man who has a hundred rupees will want a thousand, and the man who has a thousand will want a lakh. It's a disease.”

Jagan reflecting on materialism and insatiable desire.

“Conquer taste, and you will have conquered the self.”

Jagan expressing his Gandhian philosophy on diet and self-control.

“The essence of a happy life was to be found in not wanting anything.”

Jagan's philosophy on detachment and contentment.

“A son is a son until he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter all her life.”

Jagan reflecting on a common Indian proverb, highlighting changing family dynamics.

“He felt like a fly caught in a spider's web, struggling to get free, but only getting more entangled.”

Jagan's feeling of being trapped by Mali's demands and modern ways.