Saturday, March 31, 2007

Rohinton Mistry on Law vs. Justice

I am re-reading one of the finest contemporary novels ever written--Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance--and I just came across this great quote about the law. One of the novel's character's, a lawyer named Mr. Valmik, says this:

"One of the drawback's of my profession is the total lack of humour. The Law is a grim, unsmiling thing. Not Justice, though. Justice is witty and whimsical and kind and caring." (Id. at 556)

See y'all in a couple of weeks!