Ruskin Bond
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Biography
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.
"and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful."
"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."
"The India I Love, does not make the headlines, but I find it wherever I go – in field or forest, town or village, mountain or desert – and in the hearts and minds of people who have given me love and affection for the better part of my lifetime."
"...for everytime I see the sky I'm aware of belonging to the universe than to just one corner of the earth."
"For nature does things in good order: And birds and butterflies recognizeNo man-made border"
"It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road."
"To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast"