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"Mother, I don't care what tragedy hangs over this family. I want to get married. I'm engaged to be married. I'm going to get married."
"Castle Haloran is a bit perplexing, a very strange place really, old and musty, the kind of place you'd expect a ghost to like to wander around in."
"The typewriter. He wouldn't forget that. He'd have to write letters on the plane. I wonder if he'll rot under water?"
"You know, the one thing in the world that really chills my bones to the marrow is when a pretty girl in a wedding dress looks at me and finds me repulsive."
"Drink's the only road to survival in this climate. Despite your useless American education, you're still Irish, you know. Drink up."
"I've known this family for a very long time. I've been aware of the atmosphere of depression and the slightly demented quality that hangs over it."
"I've discovered things in this house that make me uneasy."
"These nursery rhymes are notoriously expressive."
"Billy Haloran: [singing] Fishy, Fishy, In the brook, Daddy caught you, On a hook..."
"Kane: Sometimes I get the feeling you think I'm some sort of a Christmas Tree decoration. Hang me up and look at me on all happy days and tie me up and put me in a box when it gets gloomy."
"Simon: Forgive me, Miss. The last thing in the world old Simon would want to do is to frighten a fresh, young beauty - like yourself."
"Simon: Don't turn me over to the bulls."
"Are You Afraid of Death by Drowning?... Have You Ever Attempted Suicide?... Have you Ever Thought of Committing Murder?"
"You Must Pass the "D-13" Test To Prepare You for the Horrifying Experience of Dementia 13. If You Fail the Test...You Will Be Asked to Leave the Theater!"
"William Campbell — Richard Haloran"
"Luana Anders — Louise Haloran"
"Patrick Magee — Dr. Justin Caleb"
"Bart Patton — Billy Haloran"
"Mary Mitchell — Kane"
"Eithne Dunne — Lady Haloran"
"Peter Read — John Haloran"
"Karl Schnazer — Simon, the poacher"
"Ron Perry — Arthur"
"Derry O'Donovan — Lillian, the maid"
"Barbara Dowling — Kathleen Haloran"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.