Nissim Ezekiel Quotes

• The saint, we are told,
  once lived a life of sin -
  nothing spectacular, of course,
  just the usual things.

  Nissim Ezekiel

  Usual, Saint, Sin

  Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”

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• My mother only said: Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children.

  Nissim Ezekiel

  Mother, Children, Thank God

  Nissim Ezekiel (1966). “Poetry India”

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