One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise. Aldo Leopold
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This quote is from Aravind Adiga’s novel “The White Tiger.” The main character, Chokher Bheem, is a talented but under-appreciated tennis player who is on his way to becoming an international star. During his rise to fame, Bheem encounters many people who do not like him and wish to see him fail. Through his journey, he learns that it is important to be liked by others, but there are times when it is necessary to be disliked in order to do right.

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