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> [“The dreams of the rich, and the dreams of the poor - they never overlap, do they? See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/the-dreams-of-the-rich-and-the-dreams-of-the-poor-they-never-overlap/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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## More by Aravind Adiga

> [Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/columbia-university-where-i-went-to-study-in-1993-insisted-its/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/what-keeps-india-safe-really-is-the-heroism-of-millions-of-poor/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“Every day, on the roads of Delhi, some chauffeur is driving an empty car with a black suitcase sitting on the backseat. Inside that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/every-day-on-the-roads-of-delhi-some-chauffeur-is-driving-an-empty/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/i-am-coming-back-to-new-york-after-five-years-and-it-seems-that/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/you-ask-are-you-a-man-or-a-demon-neither-i-say-i-have-woken-up-and/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/i-ve-lived-in-several-countries-and-been-a-disaster-everywhere/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/neither-i-am-just-one-who-has-woken-up-while-the-rest-of-you-are/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“People in this country are still waiting for the war of their freedom to come from somewhere else, from the jungles, from the mountains,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/people-in-this-country-are-still-waiting-for-the-war-of-their-freedom/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“These people were building homes for the rich, but they lived in tents covered with blue tarpaulin sheets, and partitioned into lanes by lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/these-people-were-building-homes-for-the-rich-but-they-lived-in-tents/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“And then he realized that the thing that was blocking his passage was cleared, and he was falling; his body had begun its short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/and-then-he-realized-that-the-thing-that-was-blocking-his-passage-was/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background nothing. Talent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/when-it-comes-to-work-hurry-hurry-hurry-when-it-comes-to-payment/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“There was a fierce jam on the road to Gurgaon. Every five minutes the traffic would tremble - we'd move a foot - hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/there-was-a-fierce-jam-on-the-road-to-gurgaon-every-five-minutes-the/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“From the advertisement, his eyes moved up the skywalk, the zigzagging metal bridge that connected various locations in the neighborhood to the Banda train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/from-the-advertisement-his-eyes-moved-up-the-skywalk-the-zigzagging/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/it-s-amazing-the-moment-you-show-cash-everyone-knows-your-language/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

> [“Even here, in the weight machine of a train station, they try to hoodwink us. Here, on the threshold of a man's freedom, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/even-here-in-the-weight-machine-of-a-train-station-they-try-to/)

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