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Aravind Adiga Quotes: "A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop."

A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open"

I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open




Aravind Adiga Quotes: "The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave"

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet."

You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet.




Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French."

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in."

We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor."

See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.




Aravind Adiga Quotes: "You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us."

You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English."

Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen."

The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily."

I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books"

Strange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books




Aravind Adiga Quotes: "When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter."

When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs."

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence."

Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be."

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?"

Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe."

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted."

Inconvenience in progress, work is regretted.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world."

India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "A White Tiger keeps no friends. It's too dangerous."

A White Tiger keeps no friends. It's too dangerous.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "But isn't it likely that everyone in this world...has killed someone or other on their way to the top?...All I wanted was a chance to be a man--and for that, one murder is enough."

But isn't it likely that everyone in this world...has killed someone or other on their way to the top?...All I wanted was a chance to be a man--and for that, one murder is enough.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?"

Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres. But, in the 1980s, it was a provincial town in a socialist country."

Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres. But, in the 1980s, it was a provincial town in a socialist country.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself through buggery, cell phone usage, and drug abuse"

...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself through buggery, cell phone usage, and drug abuse



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about."

Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me"

In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out."

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell."

I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating."

In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine, there's no schedule. It can be quite isolating.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping."

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere."

I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things."

Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with, borrowed and read the same things.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city."

I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "If only a man could spit his past out so easily."

If only a man could spit his past out so easily.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood."

I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in a prosperous Christian neighborhood.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "The coop is guarded from the inside."

The coop is guarded from the inside.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Any good society survives on a circulation of favours."

Any good society survives on a circulation of favours.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy."

The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)"

I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free"

Nothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like."

If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "He can read and write, but he doesn't get what he's read. He's half-baked. The country is full of people like him, I'll tell you that. And we entrust our glourious parliamentary democracy"

He can read and write, but he doesn't get what he's read. He's half-baked. The country is full of people like him, I'll tell you that. And we entrust our glourious parliamentary democracy



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy."

We may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, does have entrepreneurs."

And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, does have entrepreneurs.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "Being called a murderer: fine, I have no objection to that. It's a fact: I am a sinner, a fallen human. But to be called a murderer by the police!"

Being called a murderer: fine, I have no objection to that. It's a fact: I am a sinner, a fallen human. But to be called a murderer by the police!



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I'm just a murderer!"

If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I'm just a murderer!



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters or entrepreneurs. The coop is guarded from the inside."

The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters or entrepreneurs. The coop is guarded from the inside.



Aravind Adiga Quotes: "My whole life have been treated like a donkey. All I want is that one of mine - at least one - should live like a man."

My whole life have been treated like a donkey. All I want is that one of mine - at least one - should live like a man.