Mrs. Moore Quotes in A Passage to India (1984)

Adela Quested: I do so hate mysteries.

Richard Fielding: We English do.

Mrs. Moore: I rather like mysteries - but I rather dislike muddles.

Richard Fielding: A mystery is only a high-sounding term for a muddle. Me and the Professor know that India is a muddle.

Professor Godbhole: Agreed, I am sorry to say.

Mrs. Moore: My dear, life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we consider appropriate. Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

Mrs. Moore: God has put us on earth to love and help our fellow men.

Ronny: Yes, mother.

Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed: You shouldn't walk alone, Mrs. Moore. There are bad characters about, and leopards may come down from the Marabar Hills - snakes also!

Mrs. Moore: You walk alone.

Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed: I am used to it.

Mrs. Moore: Used to snakes?

Dr. Aziz H. Ahmed: I'm a doctor - they dare not bite me!

Destiny: They were homeschoolers, which always spells trouble.

Mrs. Moore: And then, God cast down the angels, and they fell to Earth, which is where dinosaur bones come from.