The room on the roof by ruskin bond 6 311 ratings 4 09 average rating 438 reviews the room on the roof quotes showing 1 6 of 6 i don t want to rot like mangoes at the end of the season or burnout like the sun at the and of the day.
The room on the roof quotes.
374 quotes from ruskin bond.
The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond it was bond s first literary venture.
And when all the wars are over a butterfly will still be beautiful to be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast and people often ask me why my style is so simple.
It is clarity that i am striving to attain not simplicity.
Act 2 quotes maybe that s why you put maggie and me in this room that was jack straw s and peter ochello s in which that pair of old sisters slept in a double bed where both of em died.
Isaac stern s violin he provides the music for the fiddler on the roof is hauntingly beautiful.
The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.
It is in fact deceptively simple for no two sentences are alike.
And despite the serious subject matter the film is quite comedic in parts.
The room on the roof was soon published and it went on to receive the john llewellyn rhys prize.
It also well deserves the oscar it won for cinematography.