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The Guide
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"The Guide" Quotes

A tourist in India becomes entangled in the lives of a tour guide and a beautiful dancer.

Quotes

A man is master of his destiny.

R.K. Narayan

destinyself-determination

Happiness is a strange thing; it is never in our hands for long.

R.K. Narayan

happinessfleeting nature

Life is such a puzzle. It's like a jigsaw puzzle, and you miss one piece and the whole picture is ruined.

R.K. Narayan

lifepuzzle

Hope is essential to life and to growth and to love.

R.K. Narayan

hopelifelove

There's no point in killing yourself over love. It'll come to you when it's ready.

R.K. Narayan

lovepatience

The world is full of things that don't go our way. The mark of a successful man is one that can lay a good foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

R.K. Narayan

successresilience

One must learn to rely on oneself. It's the only thing that will always remain with you.

R.K. Narayan

self-relianceindependence

The essence of life is not in the great victories and grand failures, but in the simple joys.

R.K. Narayan

lifejoy

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

R.K. Narayan

lifepurpose