3) "Dr. Urbino caught the parrot around the neck with a triumphant sigh: ça y est. But he released him immediately because the ladder slipped from under his feet and for an instant he was suspended in the air and then he realized that he had died without Communion, without time to repent of anything or to say goodbye to anyone, at seven minutes after four on Pentecost Sunday.Fermina Daza was in the kitchen tasting the soup for supper when she heard Digna Pardo's horrified shriek and the shouting of the servants and then of the entire neighborhood. She dropped the tasting spoon and tried to run despite the invincible weight of her age, screaming like a madwoman without knowing yet what had happened under the
mango leaves, and her heart jumped inside her ribs when she saw her man lying on his back in the mud, dead to this life but still resisting death's final blow for one last minute so that she would have time to come to him. He recognized her despite the uproar, through his tears of unrepeatable sorrow at dying without her, and he looked for her for the last and final time with eyes more luminous, more grief-stricken, more grateful that she had ever seen them in the half century of a shared life, and he managed to say to her with his last breath:""Only God knows how much I loved you.","Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera"
4) "Eating was still a sore point with Smriti.She failed to understand,when interesting options like
mango juice or chocolates were available,why was she forced by her stupid mother to eat boring regular meals?After much contemplation,Nikhil came up with a suggestion'Don't give her food till she herself asks for it'.His idea'starve-to know-the-worth-of -food'made sense to Abhilasha,though it took her a great deal of resolve before she could actually try it out. So on a sunday,the'lady with an iron will'took over from'the soft and kind hearted mother'.she did not give her anything to eat and waited for the golden moment,expecting a hungry Smriti to beg for food.But the much awaited moment never came.Smriti was not at all bothered about her meal and kept playing happily. The day turned into evening and still there was no trace of hunger in her.""Aren't you feeling hungry?' now a worried mother had no option but to eat the humble pie and ask the daughter.""No Maa. My friend Pinky had brought wafers and chocolates. Those were so yummy that I ate them all......""And that was the end of her'starve-to -know-the-worth-of-food-mission.","Chitralekha Paul, Delayed Monsoon"
5) "Big dreamers don't always accomplish big things; however, big accomplishments always come from big dreams.","Kirk
mango, Becoming a True Champion: Achieving Athletic Excellence from the Inside Out"
6) "Be brave and upright. Shred the fake mask of humility into pieces. And put on the mask of arrogance if needed. Take the whole responsibility of your surrounding society on your own shoulders. If you consider yourself a human being, who cares for humanity, then, become a brave responsible citizen of the whole world. If not a big banyan tree, at least be like a
mango tree under the shade of which a few people can rest. You are the architects of this beautiful world. Build it your way. And nourish it with your modern conscience.","Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost"
7) "Who you are and what you experience is based upon the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the book you read, what someone said, the weather, an argument, nor your age, that are to blame (or credit!). You, and only you, are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.","
mango Wodzak, Destination Eden"
8) "If you wait for the
mango fruits to fall, you'd be wasting your time while others are learning how to climb the tree","Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims"
9) "In these myriad ways, we carved out our lives in Los Angeles. Yet falling asleep was often an act of travel, taking me quickly by the hand so that I am instantly surrounded by verdant foliage, the ocean's emerald roar, the voices of Alice, Mala, our grandmother. Those most familiar and beloved of women.But there are also nightmares. Over and over I dream of a small house, a glittering lagoon, a
mango tree, and a young girl. She stands before me and her large bruised eyes do not leave mine. When she unpins the sari fold at her shoulder and pulls it away from her, I see sunset-colored bruises on her delicate clavicles. When she undoes her sari blouse, I see the grenades tucked like extra breasts under her own. It is grotesque. I wake trembling, and her eyes stays with me for hours.","Nayomi Munaweera, Island of a Thousand Mirrors"
10) He won’t stop the war until you give him the peace prize.,"Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding
mangoes"
11) You want freedom and they give you chicken korma.,"Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding
mangoes"
12) "Don’t sit at home and wait for
mango tree to bring
mangoes to you wherever you are. It won’t happen. If you are truly hungry for change, go out of your comfort zone and change the world.","Israelmore Ayivor, 101 Keys To Everyday Passion"
13) To steel yourself against
mangoes showed a degree of iciness that was almost inhuman.,Vikram Seth
14) "I was beautiful; after all, my skin was as rich and dark as wet, brown mud, a complexion that any and every pale white girl would pray for - that is, if she believed in God. My butt sat high in the air and my hips obviously gave birth to Creation. Titties like
mangoes, firm, sweet, and ready. My thighs and legs were big and powerful, kicking Vanna White and Cindy Crawford to the curb.","Sister Souljah, No Disrespect"
15) Thou art a
mangod is no moreThy own humanityLearn to adore,William Blake
16) "Their lives were precarious and they knew it. They were trying their best to fit themselves into a country which would never quite accept them, and to make themselves acceptable in a part of the world where their intrusion was resented in the vain hope that thus their establishments might endure ... The Orient remained strange and hostile. Unfamiliar diseases abounded. No one could be trusted. There was never security or peace for long. In any alley-way an assassin might be lurking, sent down from the Old Man of the Mountain. At any moment the lord might have to rise from his couch to ride out against enemy raiders. At any moment his lady might find herself in charge of the defence of her castle. At any moment the festivities might be interrupted by the sound of the infidel
mangonels pounding against the walls. Life was merry, but it was short; and when the crisis came there was no lack of gallantry among the lords and ladies of Outremer. They had tasted with relish the gracious things of life; and they faced their doom with pride and resolution.",Steven Runciman
17) "I have grown up listening to my grandparents’ stories about ‘the other side’ of the border. But, as a child, this other side didn’t quite register as Pakistan, or not-India, but rather as some mythic land devoid of geographic borders, ethnicity and nationality. In fact, through their stories, I imagined it as a land with
mango orchards, joint families, village settlements, endless lengths of ancestral fields extending into the horizon, and quaint local bazaars teeming with excitement on festive days. As a result, the history of my grandparents’ early lives in what became Pakistan essentially came across as a very idyllic, somewhat rural, version of happiness.",Aanchal Malhotra
18) "Most people just want to be left in peace to eat their bacon, not realising that there is no peace behind bacon.","
mango Wodzak, Destination Eden"
19) "Addiction brings apathy. Break the apathy, and you break the addiction.","
mango Wodzak, Destination Eden"
20) "My love, a person is better judged by how they treat their inferiors than their betters. That is the true measure of a man, or a woman. Think you that you are so far above Lata?""""If I am to be your wife then I shall be far above her and she had better do as she is told if she wants to stay employed here!""""I've ruined you. My poor little
mango seller."" Nadir let go of my wrist and stepped away, his face hardening. ""You shall not be my wife if you cannot treat people with the respect they not only deserve, but earn every day by working so hard for it!""'
mangoes","J.A. Ironside, Reading is Magic"
21) I don't have expensive tastes – just bloody ones.– Vampire Dragul mangorian,"John Matsui, Late Bite"