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Kim (Kimball O'Hara) quotes

A character in Kim by Rudyard Kipling

5 quotes spoken by or about Kim (Kimball O'Hara), each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Rudyard Kipling

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He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher—the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum.
Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901), Chapter I
This is the great world, and I am only Kim. Who is Kim?
Kim (thought) · Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901), Chapter VII
When he comes to the Great Game he must go alone—alone, and at peril of his head.
Mahbub Ali (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901), Chapter VII
Roads were meant to be walked upon, houses to be lived in, cattle to be driven, fields to be tilled, and men and women to be talked to.
Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901), Chapter XV
Just is the Wheel! Certain is our deliverance! Come!
The lama (dialogue) · Rudyard Kipling, Kim (1901), Chapter XV

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