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Katherine Boo quotes: He felt his mother hadn't prepared him for what it felt like, falling alone. Which

He felt his mother hadn't prepared him for what it felt like, falling alone. Which

Katherine Boo quotes: Ghosts of women are the worst. Years go by and they don't leave you be

Ghosts of women are the worst. Years go by and they don't leave you be

Katherine Boo quotes: If the house is crooked and crumbling, and the land on which it sits uneven, is it possible to make anything lie straight?

If the house is crooked and crumbling, and the land on which it sits uneven, is it possible to make anything lie straight?

Katherine Boo quotes: I'm not squeamish.

I'm not squeamish.

Katherine Boo quotes: Because her boils had erupted

Because her boils had erupted

Katherine Boo quotes: I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is.

I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is.

Katherine Boo quotes: Being terrorized by living people seemed to have diminished his fear of the dead

Being terrorized by living people seemed to have diminished his fear of the dead

Katherine Boo quotes: To be poor in Annawadi, or in any Mumbai slum, was to be guilty of one thing or another.

To be poor in Annawadi, or in any Mumbai slum, was to be guilty of one thing or another.

Katherine Boo quotes: I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.

I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.

Katherine Boo quotes: But for the poor of a country where corruption thieved a great deal of opportunity, corruption was one of the genuine opportunities that remained. As

But for the poor of a country where corruption thieved a great deal of opportunity, corruption was one of the genuine opportunities that remained. As

Katherine Boo quotes: It made sense to Abdul that in a polyglot city, people would sort themselves as he sorted his garbage, like with like.

It made sense to Abdul that in a polyglot city, people would sort themselves as he sorted his garbage, like with like.

Katherine Boo quotes: People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.

People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.

Katherine Boo quotes: She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.

She was simply Asha, a woman on her own. Had the situation been otherwise, she might not have come to know her own brain.

Katherine Boo quotes: Where Old India and New India collide making New India

Where Old India and New India collide making New India

Katherine Boo quotes: In the age of globalization - an ad hoc, temp-job, fiercely competitive age - hope is not a fiction.

In the age of globalization - an ad hoc, temp-job, fiercely competitive age - hope is not a fiction.

Katherine Boo quotes: Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.

Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.

Katherine Boo quotes: You think your work is dreaming?

You think your work is dreaming?

Katherine Boo quotes: Everything around us is roses, and we're the shit in between.

Everything around us is roses, and we're the shit in between.

Katherine Boo quotes: The lyrics, in English, were meaningless to him, the bass line irresistible.

The lyrics, in English, were meaningless to him, the bass line irresistible.

Katherine Boo quotes: The astonishing thing is that some people are good, and that many others try to be.

The astonishing thing is that some people are good, and that many others try to be.

Katherine Boo quotes: When they learned that a family in the slum was making money, they visited every other day to extort some.

When they learned that a family in the slum was making money, they visited every other day to extort some.

Katherine Boo quotes: I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never trust anyone who tells you how people come to trust him.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never trust anyone who tells you how people come to trust him.

Katherine Boo quotes: He wanted to go home to the place that he hated.

He wanted to go home to the place that he hated.

Katherine Boo quotes: Your little boat goes west and you congratulate yourself, "What a navigator I am!" And then the wind blows you east.

Your little boat goes west and you congratulate yourself, "What a navigator I am!" And then the wind blows you east.

Katherine Boo quotes: Abdul knew this Gandhi as the one who cared for poor people, who liked Muslims as well as Hindus, who took on the British and made India free.

Abdul knew this Gandhi as the one who cared for poor people, who liked Muslims as well as Hindus, who took on the British and made India free.

Katherine Boo quotes: The effect of corruption I find most underacknowledged is a contraction not of economic possibility but of our moral universe.

The effect of corruption I find most underacknowledged is a contraction not of economic possibility but of our moral universe.

Katherine Boo quotes: A girl could be virtuous without being perfect. Back

A girl could be virtuous without being perfect. Back

Katherine Boo quotes: Water and ice were made of the same thing. He thought most people were made of the same thing, too.

Water and ice were made of the same thing. He thought most people were made of the same thing, too.

Katherine Boo quotes: And now out onto Airport Road and into the city's horn-honk opera.

And now out onto Airport Road and into the city's horn-honk opera.

Katherine Boo quotes: I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

Katherine Boo quotes: Becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.

Becoming attached to a country involves pressing, uncomfortable questions about justice and opportunity for its least powerful citizens.

Katherine Boo quotes: For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

Katherine Boo quotes: That the only Indians who went on trial were

That the only Indians who went on trial were

Katherine Boo quotes: Much of her outrage derived from a belated recognition that she was as human as anyone else.

Much of her outrage derived from a belated recognition that she was as human as anyone else.

Katherine Boo quotes: The better I know you, the more I will dislike you, and the more you will dislike me. So let us keep to ourselves.

The better I know you, the more I will dislike you, and the more you will dislike me. So let us keep to ourselves.

Katherine Boo quotes: Taking his cup, the soldier had stared at her for a long moment and said, 'Don't stand in the sun-- you'll get too dark" (141).

Taking his cup, the soldier had stared at her for a long moment and said, 'Don't stand in the sun-- you'll get too dark" (141).

Katherine Boo quotes: I grew up in a second when my mother died," he told Sunil. "My father and brother didn't understand me.

I grew up in a second when my mother died," he told Sunil. "My father and brother didn't understand me.

Katherine Boo quotes: In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.

In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.

Katherine Boo quotes: stayed friends because they could keep each other's secrets. Now,

stayed friends because they could keep each other's secrets. Now,

Katherine Boo quotes: Midnight was closing in, the one-legged woman was grievously burned, and the Mumbai police were coming for Abdul and his father.

Midnight was closing in, the one-legged woman was grievously burned, and the Mumbai police were coming for Abdul and his father.

Katherine Boo quotes: An awkward, uneducated boy might still be capable of righteousness: He intended to remember this and every other truth The Master spoke.

An awkward, uneducated boy might still be capable of righteousness: He intended to remember this and every other truth The Master spoke.

Katherine Boo quotes: Asha believed a person seeking betterment should try as many schemes as possible, since it was hard to predict which one might work.

Asha believed a person seeking betterment should try as many schemes as possible, since it was hard to predict which one might work.

Katherine Boo quotes: A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all.

A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all.

Katherine Boo quotes: In his first weeks back home, scavenging skills rusty, he took the sandals from the feet of his sleeping father and sold them to Abdul for food.

In his first weeks back home, scavenging skills rusty, he took the sandals from the feet of his sleeping father and sold them to Abdul for food.

Katherine Boo quotes: Avoid trouble. This was the operating principle of Abdul Hakim Husain, an idea so fiercely held that it seemed imprinted on his physical form.

Avoid trouble. This was the operating principle of Abdul Hakim Husain, an idea so fiercely held that it seemed imprinted on his physical form.

Katherine Boo quotes: Abdul rose with minimal whining, since the only whining his mother tolerated was her own.

Abdul rose with minimal whining, since the only whining his mother tolerated was her own.

Katherine Boo quotes: Better arguments, maybe even better policies, get formulated when we know more about ordinary lives. While

Better arguments, maybe even better policies, get formulated when we know more about ordinary lives. While

Katherine Boo quotes: But as he'd learned in the police station, being damaged was nothing like being dead. One

But as he'd learned in the police station, being damaged was nothing like being dead. One

Katherine Boo quotes: The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road boys.

The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road boys.

Katherine Boo quotes: Like most people in the slum, and in the world, for that matter, he believed his own dreams properly aligned to his capacities.

Like most people in the slum, and in the world, for that matter, he believed his own dreams properly aligned to his capacities.