Quotes from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories

Sudha Murty ·  188 pages

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“Many a times there is no perfect solution for a given problem. No solution is also a solution. Everything depends upon how you look at it. We make judgements on others depending upon what we think of them.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories


“You should not be so sensitive. Sensitive people suffer a lot in life.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories


“There is a difference between loneliness and solitude. Loneliness is boring, whereas in solitude you can inspect and examine your deeds and your thoughts.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories


“I knew then that to come up in life you require talent, hard work, aggression and connections.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories


“Men can do certain things well and women other things. Men and women are complementary to each other. One need not prove one’s strength.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories



“it is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work.’ Probably he was not aware that he was following the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories


About the author

Sudha Murty
Born place: in Shiggaon , India
Born date August 19, 1950
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