Nissim Ezekiel Quotes

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

Usual, Saint, Sin

Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”

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

Mother, Children, Thank God

Nissim Ezekiel (1966). “Poetry India”