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“If more women were in power, they wouldn't let wars break out," she said. "Women can't be bothered with all this fighting. We see war for what it is- a matter of broken bodies and crying mothers.”
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
― The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
“You have your milk,” he said. “Where there is milk, there is hope.”
― Fortunately, the Milk
― Fortunately, the Milk
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
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“It's just money," he replied. "It's just paper."
"It's time," I said, sharper than I'd meant. "It's the means to purchase time. It's the cost of a new bed in a hospital, a solar panel on a roof; it's a year's salary for a tailor in Dhaka, it's the price of a fishing boat, the cost of an education, it's not money. It's what it could have been.”
― The Sudden Appearance of Hope
"It's time," I said, sharper than I'd meant. "It's the means to purchase time. It's the cost of a new bed in a hospital, a solar panel on a roof; it's a year's salary for a tailor in Dhaka, it's the price of a fishing boat, the cost of an education, it's not money. It's what it could have been.”
― The Sudden Appearance of Hope
“The press, the media, the internet—they'll make the noise, make the screaming, the screaming all the time, and the truth and my voice will be lost. The blaming and the noise, human things, they'll make it about human things, not the truth. How can anyone live with it? How can anyone live with so much screaming in their lives, all the time?”
― The Sudden Appearance of Hope
― The Sudden Appearance of Hope
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