Ruskin Bond

love is undying,of that I feel certain.I mean deep,abiding,cherishing love.The love that gives protection even as you,my guardian angel,gave me protection long after you had gone-and continue to give this very day...

— Ruskin Bond

I am a sleepy fellow. I will take a nice long nap the first chance I get.

— Ruskin Bond

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

— Ruskin Bond

From the age of 17 through my 20s, I was living on my own, so sometimes I wouldn't even tell anybody it was my birthday. It was not a big thing for me.

— Ruskin Bond

You may not enjoy loneliness, because loneliness is sad. But solitude is something else; solitude is what you look forward to when you want to be alone, when you want to be with yourself. So, solitude is something we all need from time to time.

— Ruskin Bond

Happiness is an elusive state of mind not to be gained by clumsy pursuit.It is given to those who do not sue for it:to be unconcerned about a desired good is probably the only way to possess it.

— Ruskin Bond

Change has to come. It's not always what you'd like. It's what other people like.

— Ruskin Bond

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.

— Ruskin Bond

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.

— Ruskin Bond