“It is what a man does for strangers that counts more than what he does for his family.”
“If you are happy in a dream, Ammu, does that count? Estha asked. "Does what count?" "The happiness does it count?". She knew exactly what he meant, her son with his spoiled puff. Because the truth is, that only what counts, counts....."If you eat fish in a dream, does it count?" Does it mean you've eaten fish?”
“It's not what a man does, it's what a man is that counts!”
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
“What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.”
“He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.”