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It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution· The Tales of Beedle the BardLet the Muggles manage without us!· The Tales of Beedle the BardMagic causes as much trouble as it cures· The Tales of Beedle the BardNothing is a surer sign of weak magic than a weakness for non-magical company· The Tales of Beedle the BardTamper with the deepest mysteries – the source of life, the essence of self – only if prepared for consequences of the most extreme and dangerous kind· The Tales of Beedle the BardTo have a hairy heart· The Tales of Beedle the BardTo hurt is as human as to breathe· The Tales of Beedle the BardAbracadabra· Midnight's ChildrenAlpha and Omega· Midnight's ChildrenAmar Sonar Bangla· Midnight's ChildrenAnything you want to be, you can be· Midnight's Children“Anything you want to be, you kin be”· Midnight's ChildrenBack-to-Bom!· Midnight's ChildrenBasic Democracy· Midnight's ChildrenBe secret; strike from the cover of a bush.· Midnight's ChildrenBetween the adored and the adorer falls the shadow· Midnight's ChildrenBlack Mango· Midnight's ChildrenChildren are the vessels into which adults pour their poison· Midnight's ChildrenChildren of Midnight· Midnight's Childrenchutnification of history· Midnight's ChildrenCommander Sabarmati’s Baton· Midnight's ChildrenDunya dekho· Midnight's ChildrenEverything has shape, if you look for it. There is no escape from form.· Midnight's ChildrenFamily history’s proper dietary laws· Midnight's ChildrenFollow your nose· Midnight's ChildrenFor every ladder, there is a snake· Midnight's ChildrenGaribi Hatao· Midnight's ChildrenHandcuffed to history· Midnight's ChildrenHeartboot cable· Midnight's ChildrenHit-the-spittoon· Midnight's ChildrenI am the bomb in Bombay· Midnight's ChildrenI am who I am, that’s all there is· Midnight's Children“India is Indira and Indira is India”· Midnight's ChildrenIndia, the new myth· Midnight's ChildrenIt happened that way because that’s how it happened· Midnight's Children“It’s not fair”· Midnight's Children“Jai Bangla!”· Midnight's ChildrenLand of the Pure· Midnight's ChildrenLet me in, great sir· Midnight's ChildrenLet’s get organized!· Midnight's ChildrenMake him jump· Midnight's ChildrenMany-headed monster· Midnight's ChildrenMemory’s truth· Midnight's Childrenmirror of humility· Midnight's ChildrenMost of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.· Midnight's ChildrenMost of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence· Midnight's ChildrenMy Red Dupatta of Muslin· Midnight's ChildrenNose and knees· Midnight's ChildrenOrnaments for Armaments· Midnight's Children“Our Golden Bengal”· Midnight's ChildrenOur names contain our fates· Midnight's ChildrenPakistan is a stain on the face of India!· Midnight's ChildrenPakistan’s Angel· Midnight's ChildrenPlease believe that I am falling apart· Midnight's ChildrenReality is a question of perspective· Midnight's Childrenrip tear crunch· Midnight's ChildrenSabkuch ticktock hai· Midnight's ChildrenShahbaz Qalandar· Midnight's ChildrenSnakes and Ladders· Midnight's ChildrenSoo ché Saru ché! Danda lé ké maru ché!· Midnight's ChildrenThe apex of an isosceles triangle· Midnight's Childrenthe Black Angel· Midnight's ChildrenThe Clouds Will Soon Roll By· Midnight's ChildrenThe consumer is not a moron, she is your wife· Midnight's ChildrenThe first birth will make you real· Midnight's ChildrenThe Fisherman’s Pointing Finger· Midnight's ChildrenThe ice is always waiting· Midnight's ChildrenThe Kolynos Kid· Midnight's ChildrenThe Most Charming Man In The World· Midnight's ChildrenThe optimism disease· Midnight's ChildrenThe optimism epidemic· Midnight's ChildrenThe perforated sheet· Midnight's ChildrenThe Revolution of the Pepperpots· Midnight's ChildrenThe sun is in the wrong place· Midnight's ChildrenThe third principle· Midnight's ChildrenThe truth is what it is instructed to be· Midnight's ChildrenThe world is things· Midnight's ChildrenThere are no strings on me!· Midnight's ChildrenThings—even people—have a way of leaking into each other· Midnight's ChildrenTo understand just one life, you have to swallow the world· Midnight's Children“To understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world”· Midnight's ChildrenUncork the body· Midnight's ChildrenWashing will hide him; voices will guide him· Midnight's ChildrenWe all owe death a life· Midnight's ChildrenWe are a nation of forgetters· Midnight's Children“We were are shall be the gods you never had”· Midnight's Children“What can’t be cured must be endured”· Midnight's ChildrenWhat-falls-out-of-the-sky· Midnight's ChildrenWhat-we-had-in-common · what-drove-us-apart· Midnight's ChildrenWhen a man is about to die, his words are good· AnalectsRiches and honours acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud· AnalectsThose whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another· AnalectsWhat you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others· AnalectsThe superior man is affable, but not adulatory; the mean man is adulatory, but not affable· AnalectsDoes Heaven speak The four seasons pursue their courses, and all things are continually being produced· AnalectsI examine myself three times a day· AnalectsWhen a prince's personal conduct is correct, his government is effective without orders· AnalectsRecompense injury with justice, and kindness with kindness· AnalectsIs virtue a thing remote I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand· AnalectsKwan Tsu· Analects