The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of administration might be …

- J. G. Farrell

Not everyone, the Collector was aware, is improved by the job he does in life; some people are visibly disimproved.

- J. G. Farrell

But now the giant heads of Plato and Socrates, each with an expression of penetrating wisdom carved on his white features, surveyed the river and the…

- J. G. Farrell

A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized u…

- J. G. Farrell

The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to match.

- J. G. Farrell

Why on earth should we be at each other's throats? Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if defending hon…

- J. G. Farrell