Paul Torday Quotes & Sayings

He realised that comfortable surroundings, indeed the gilded surroundings of his own life until then, and all the things that went with that, don't tend to produce happiness or fulfilment without some sense of love to go with them. — Paul Torday

We believe that faith is the cure that heals all troubles. — Paul Torday

When you're in trouble, go and see your mother. — Paul Torday

Norman believes in his own abilities. He believes what his parents taught him, that a clever man will rise like yeast if he is careful. He — Paul Torday

It would be a miracle of God if it happened. I know it ... If God wills it, the summer rains will fill the wadis ... and the salmon will run the river. And then my countrymen ... all classes and manner of men-will stand side by side and fish for the salmon. And their natures, too, will be changed. They will feel the enchantment of this silver fish ... and then when talk turns to what this tribe said or that tribe did ... then someone will say, Let us arise, and go fishing. — Paul Torday

It would be so good to settle down and become part of somewhere again, instead of constantly passing through — Paul Torday

I believe in it because it is impossible. — Paul Torday

For once in his life, Norman has acted rather than gone to a meeting. And this is where it has landed him. — Paul Torday

Faith is the cure that heals all troubles. Without faith there is no hope and no love. Faith comes before hope, and before love. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaidi bani Tihama) — Paul Torday

I taught you to take the first step: to learn to believe in belief. And one day you will take the second step and find what is it you believe in. — Paul Torday

Farrukh, tonight you have won a dishwasher — Paul Torday