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The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'. This quality is difficult to fully define, but I always recognise it when I see it: it is different from honesty and more resilient than fact, something that exists not in the kind of fiction that explains but in the kind that shows.
Tags: Emotional, Love, Truth ✍ Author: Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAn honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.
Tags: Political, Power, Sometimes ✍ Author: Aravind AdigaIndians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.
Tags: Dad, Honest, Money ✍ Author: Aravind AdigaLike 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.
Tags: Corruption, Honest, Men ✍ Author: Aravind AdigaThe telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.
Tags: Book, Idea, Single ✍ Author: Mortimer Adler