Nabila Tabassum Chowdhury’s Reviews > Ex Machina, Book Four > Status Update

""IF YOU'RE NOT WITH YOUR PEOPLE, A CITY IS JUST A FUCKING PLACE. EVEN THIS ONE.""

"I KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LEFT TOWN IN '01 BECAUSE THEY SUDDENLY DIDN'T FEEL "SAFE" OR WHATEVER. IT'S GROSS. ABANDONING THE CITY WHEN IT NEEDS YOU THE MOST?"

""YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TAUGHT ME NOT TO SLING MUD JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIRT ON A GUY. A GOOD POLITICIAN IS SUPPOSED TO, HOW'D YOU PUT IT...?"
"SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY.""

""DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I HAD TO WORK TO GET THE 30,OO0 LUG-HEADS ON MY PAYROLL TO TAKE A BACKWATER CHICK LIKE ME SERIOUSLY? THE SECOND I STOP ACTING LIKE THIS JOB IS ANYTHING LESS THAN LIFE AND DEATH IS THE SECOND I GET SENT BACK TO PASTURE.""

""I'M SURE YOU ALL HAD THIS DRILLED INTO YOU AT THE ACADEMY... A SINGLE BROKEN WINDOW LEFT UNFIXED LEADS TO VANDALS BREAKING MORE WINDOWS LEADS TO SQUATTERS TAKING OVER THE BUILDINGS LEADS TO HARD DRUG USE LEADS TO A SHITLOAD OF MAJOR CRIMES.""

""TRUST ME, SOONER OR LATER, EVERY MISTAKE COMES BACK TO HAUNT YOU.""