A Quote by R.K. Narayan

A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life.

R.K. Narayan

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Life Loneliness Only Profound Truth Truth Of Life

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R.K. Narayan
Indian - Writer
October 10, 1906 - May 13, 2001

We come together only to go apart again. The law of life can't be avoided. The law comes into operation the moment we detach ourselves from our mother's womb. All struggle & misery in life is due to our attempt to arrest this law or get away from it or in allowing ourselves to be hurt by it. The fact must be recognized. A profound unmitigated loneliness is the only truth of life. All else is false. The law of life. No sense in battling against it.

R.K. Narayan

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