Quotes Tagged With :uprooted

A village woman from a poor family may violate the code of propriety, not because of poverty, but because....

The two qualities essential to a good man were honesty and compassion, Malin felt. His father lived his....

Primitive veddhas moulded images of women with full-blown breasts and legs. This was not to evoke sensuous....

A woman anticipates danger by instinct, rather than inductive reasoning. Due to this, when faced with....

Malin had been born and bred in an upper-class family. Was that the cause of his dissillusionment and....

There's curd, but is it alright to eat curd after eating meat?" asked Weligama Hamine, placing the dish....

You’ve been inexpressibly lucky,” he said finally. “And inexpressibly mad, although in your case....

Why was Malin deliberately trying to hurt the feelings of his parents? Aravinda could not find an answer.....

It did not occur to Kabalana that the behaviour of these two young men was not a consequence of their....

Malin listened to Wickramanayake's gossip dispassionately. He did not accept Wickramanayake's opinion....