"The Siege of Krishnapur" Quotes
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, British residents of Krishnapur struggle to survive a siege and confront the breakdown of colonial authority.
fiction | 400 pages | Published in 2021
Quotes
The world is a very puzzling place.
It is a fact that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.
There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy.
It is what we believe that makes us what we are.
The human heart is a frail thing indeed.
The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
In the end, we are all determined to be the person we are.
There is no end to the follies of man.
The worst of it was that there was no one to blame.
No one in his senses would want to be an Englishman.
