Sundararaman Swaminathan Quotes

#1. A book is a friend that gives all it has in return asks for nothing except its safety #Quote by Bharath Swaminathan

#2. If he(Mani) were Swaminathan, he would have closed the whole incident at the beginning by hurling an ink-bottle, if nothing bigger was available, at the teacher. #Quote by R.K. Narayan

#3. You know why I am here? asked the headmaster.
Swaminathan searched for an answer: the headmaster might be there to receive letters from boy's parents; he might be there to flay Ebenzars alive; he might be there to deliver six cuts with his cane every Monday at twelve o'clock. And above all why this question? #Quote by R.K. Narayan

#4. Swaminathan had never thought that this story contained a moral. But now he felt that it must have one since the question paper mentioned it. #Quote by R.K. Narayan

#5. He(Samuel, known as 'the Pea') was as apprehensive, weak and nervous about things as Swaminathan was. The bond between them was laughter. They were able to see together the same absurdities and incongruities in things. The most trivial and unnoticeable thing to others would tickle them to death. #Quote by R.K. Narayan

#6. It was Monday morning. Swaminathan was reluctant to open his eyes. he considered Monday specially unpleasant in the calendar. After the delicious freedom of Saturday and Sunday, it was difficult to get into the Monday mood of work and discipline. He shuddered at the very thought of school: the dismal yellow building; the fire-eyed Vedanayagam, his class teacher, and headmaster with his thin long cane ... #Quote by R.K. Narayan